The salted fish of strength supremacy

Should I say thank you?

The thin white mist outside the window lingered in the air. The waitress at the coffee shop downstairs came out to look around, as if looking for Qingtaka Ayanokōji. After a while, she looked up at the detective agency with the lights on, slightly relaxed With a sigh of relief, she returned to the coffee shop, still with a gentle smile.

The faint lights in the distance are somewhat unclear in the fog. The young people who have finished overtime work are tired and walking on the night road. The ordinary people who disappeared did not notice their disappearance, and they were still doing what they should do.

People who live in a world full of lies and are unaware of possible falsehoods are considered ordinary people.

This is the first time Kiyotaka Ayanokoji has received such an evaluation. He has lived for so long since he was a child, no matter whether he was in that white room or came to these places because of an unknown accident, no one has ever told Kiyotaka Ayanokoji In this case.

You are an ordinary person, and you are the most normal and normal ordinary person.

Although it may be that for Edogawa Ranpo, normal ordinary people are not consistent with ordinary people in public perception.

In fact, Ayanokōji Kiyotaka knows better than anyone what kind of person he is. He has a cold personality and weak feelings, and his distrust of feelings prevents him from establishing a stable emotional relationship with other people. This is his defect and also his fault. reason.

Whether it is evaluated as a wooden doll without emotion, or a person carved from ice cubes, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka will never be troubled by these words. He has only himself in the world, and he will only act for himself, although It sounds lonely and cold, but this is the method he believes saves the most time and effort.

But... ordinary people.

"Mr. Ranpo is really different from other people." Ayanokōji Kiyotaka looked at Edogawa Ranpo, "If it was Mr. Dazai, he would definitely say that I am a little devil in disguise."

"Just listen to Dazai's words casually, don't take them seriously." Edogawa sat on the table in random steps, swinging his legs, he tilted his head, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, as usual, a simple childish smile, "Don't Qinglong feel that he is an ordinary person?"

Ayanokōji Kiyotaka tilted his head, "Of course I think I'm an ordinary person."

Although he himself is very clear about how much moisture is mixed in his "ordinary", and he is also very clear about his own position in his heart.

"That's right!" Edogawa Ranbu ate the potato chips in one bite, "Everyone's perception of himself is different, since Qinglong thinks he is an ordinary person, then Qinglong is an ordinary person, and, Speaking of which, Qinglong is not very special."

Ayanokōji Kiyotaka lowered his eyes slightly, "Mr. Ranpo is very powerful."

"Of course, I'm a detective, and a detective knows everything!"

A detective is a detective after all. Ranpo Edogawa knew what kind of person he was when he met Kiyotaka Ayanokōji for the first time. His perception and pursuit of freedom are different from ordinary people, but ah, human beings like this Everything is unique, no two people are the same in the world.

In other words, it was because of the uniqueness of Ayanokōji Kiyotaka that it proved that he was a normal person.

He has goals that are within reach and dreams that are out of reach, he has a normal job, he has emotions and desires and preferences, he looks at Mengye with a peace that he didn't even notice, when he drinks the boss's coffee Satisfied with the aroma and warmth of coffee.

Isn't this the most normal ordinary person?

To hell with those who judge by character and mastery.

Ayanokōji Kiyotaka stood up, and he walked in front of Edogawa Ranpo, his golden eyes were as calm as ever, "I see."

He stretched out his hand, but at this moment, with a click, the detective agency plunged into darkness, and all the lights went out. Pull down the table.

The sound of glass shattering was crisp and clear, and Edogawa blinked indiscriminately. He crouched under the table and looked at Ayanokoji Kiyotaka next to him.

"gun?"

"Yeah." Ayanokōji Qingtaka glanced outside slightly, and couldn't see anything in the dark night, but according to the trajectory of the bullet just now... "That person should be not far from the other side, Mr. Ranpo, don't move around, you will be seen by him."

Edogawa Luanpo patted him, "A famous detective knows the priorities, so in fact, you knew from the beginning that someone was going to attack the detective agency, that's why the power went out suddenly!"

"Because it is too clear to see the room with the lights on in the dark. If the enemy is dark, we will be very passive." Ayanokoji Kiyotaka walked away from the table carefully, "I didn't judge it at first, it was a random step I only noticed it when my husband told me that it was ordinary people who disappeared."

Puffing up his cheeks, he followed Ayanokōji Kiyotaka out from under the table, "So you didn't tell the famous detective and set the blackout time yourself."

"Because Mr. Ranpo can tell at a glance, I believe Mr. Ranpo."

Ranpo Edogawa grabbed Ayanokōji Kiyotaka's sleeve and walked out of the gate of the detective agency with him, squatting at the gate of the detective agency, Ranpo Edogawa thought for a moment.

"I like what you just said."

"Huh?" Ayanokōji Kiyotaka turned to look at him.

"It's because you trust the famous detective!" Edogawa Ranpo said with a childlike arrogance, "The famous detective is the most trustworthy person! So no matter what it is, just leave it to the famous detective! Kiyotaka You did a good job, and I will apply to the president for a bonus for you!"

Ayanokōji Kiyotaka nodded, "Then please give me more."

The people outside seemed to have realized that they had been discovered, and the sound of bullets smashing the glass became more and more chaotic. location and go crazy.

"I really can't hold back, he is a murderer without any imagination at all." Edogawa rubbed his chin and said, "However, it will cost a lot of money to repair the glass of the detective agency, right? Kida looked at the account book again and felt so distressed that he cried."

"Mr. Kunikida is a person with a strong sense of responsibility. This is a time when there is no other way. Mr. Ranpo, you should step back."

"Come up." Although it was an interrogative sentence, there was no doubt in Edogawa Ranpo's voice, "The famous detective has already said that this murderer has no imagination, and is as boring as the uncle who planted the bomb at the station. The famous detective It's so boring."

Ayanokōji Kiyotaka leaned against the wall and thought for a while, "Mr. Ranpo? Can I ask you a question?"

"Well?"

"Mr. Ranpo thinks, what is freedom? Is the world equal?"

"Freedom and equality?"

Edogawa was sitting cross-legged on the floor in random steps, he raised his hand, and spoke indifferently, with a childlike innocence in his voice.

"Freedom means that a detective can freely choose a case. Also, the world is certainly not equal, because the famous detective Ranpo stands at the top of the world, and soon the whole world will hear the name of the famous detective Edogawa Ranpo !"

The answer was a bit unexpected, but it seemed that there was nothing unexpected about it. Ayanokōji Kiyotaka put his hands in his pockets, and there was peace in his golden eyes.

Although it is fleeting, this is indeed a very short-lived positive emotion, and it is a very real emotion as Ayanokōji Kiyotaka himself.

Seeing the back of Ayanokoji Kiyotaka disappearing in the darkness, Edogawa Ranbu stood up from the floor, he sighed, then leaned to the window not far away to look at the thin fog outside, he opened his eyes, There was an indescribable look in those slender eyes, and at that moment Edogawa Ranpo seemed to be a different person, calm and calm.

"Regardless of what these fogs are, but the only thing you did wrong was to bring the famous detective and Qinglong together."

Edogawa Ranpo raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"The famous detective has decided, let you see the power of ordinary people..."

……

A layer of fog separates ordinary people from supernatural beings, but both supernatural beings and ordinary people are human beings with emotions that cannot be fully understood. Supernatural beings may have other battles, but in the world of ordinary people , There are also unforgivable criminals.

Even speaking, criminals among ordinary people are often more brutal and terrifying than supernatural beings.

Fyodor did not come to Yokohama purely for the purpose of isolating Ayanokouji Kiyotaka. If it was just the rules of the game, he wouldn’t be able to call Ayanokouji Kiyotaka. In fact, Fyodor’s call was just a signal That's all, a signal for ordinary people to attack ordinary people.

These are two unrelated battlefields...

"You dare to come out alone." The man holding the gun had a pair of pitch-black pupils. He stared at Ayanokōji Kiyotaka, deep in his eyes was a deep sense of madness and coldness. The same smell of a corrupt fanatic.

Ayanokōji Kiyotaka tilted his head, "Of course you are the most daring, sir. As a military policeman, you would come out without authorization at such a time."

"Those guys are contacting the Special Agents Division because of the disappearance of the supernatural person, idiot, they don't even know that it is not the supernatural person who disappeared, but them!" The man, that is, Shi Musi sneered, "My leaving No one will notice, just kill you here! You unforgivable sin incarnate!"

The devil Fyodor seduced and manipulated not just one person.

"That idiot in Kongshan actually contacted you in advance. Fortunately, he didn't have time to leak me out. The military and police don't know me yet, but that's okay. I'll be completely safe after that trash dies." Shi Musi said deeply. There was a lot of malice in his eyes.

"You would say that about your companion." Ayanokōji Kiyotaka tilted his head, "Isn't that a bit too rude?"

"It is his honor to provide the opportunity to eliminate sin!" Shi Musi clicked the trigger, "You dying person has no need to know!"

Sighing slightly, Ayanokōji Kiyotaka put his hands in his pockets, as if he was sighing for some people's stupid behavior.

"What are you doing?" Shi Musi pointed the gun at him.

"I just feel a little pitiful for you." Ayanokōji Kiyotaka said, "After all, after being deceived by your god, you still think I don't know anything."

Ayanokōji Kiyotaka casually said those frightening words, his flat tone seemed to be casually saying that he was in a good mood today while chatting.

"I'm sorry, although it hurt your self-confidence, but in fact, I knew from the beginning that you are Mr. Kongshan's accomplice."