Tomie's Son Dazai[Comprehensive]

Relevant personnel arrived at the scene quickly and launched an investigation on the scene.

The deceased was the waiter here, Mr. Nobuo Sato, who was found dead in a certain room.The people who found them were the store manager and waiter B. The door was locked from the inside, and the windows were also locked from the inside.

Nobu Sato, an employee of the restaurant, was found dead in a wing of the restaurant.He was brutally "cut open" to death.

Relevant personnel are already taking pictures and examining the corpse.

"It seems that you are right, Mr. Ranpo." Osamu Dazai, who was left behind with everyone in the restaurant, said.

All the people in the restaurant were suspected and stopped and refused to leave.

Facing the man who came to ask him, Osamu Dazai said innocently: "We have just stepped into the restaurant."

The man opposite is a newcomer named Takahashi Yanichiro.

He was obviously too immature to deal with this kind of scene, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Sorry, we just want to find the murderer as soon as possible."

"That's right, please cooperate with us." A man with serious expression and big protruding eyes said, he is Genichiro Takahashi's senior.Compared with a rookie like Takahashi Yanichiro, the senior is obviously more imposing, and he speaks loudly and forcefully.

"Besides, I am very concerned about one thing." He looked at Edogawa Ranpo seriously, and said, "Someone said just now that when you came in, you said 'there is no more snacks.'. After you finished saying this , There was a scream from inside. Why do you say such things? Do you know something?"

The suspicious look in the senior's eyes was almost asking whether Ranpo Edogawa had anything to do with the murderer.

"Of course, you still have to look for such a simple answer after all." Edogawa Ranpo said mercilessly.

The senior was disgusted by his blunt tone, but he just frowned, and when he was about to ask something more, the person next to him came over and shared some important information and the words of several people who were more suspicious.

The time of Sato Shin's death was probably between 01:30 and [-]:[-].During this period, everyone had an alibi. The store manager was chatting with customers in the box, clerk B was entertaining guests at the front desk, clerk C was cooking with clerk D in the kitchen, and clerk E was washing dishes next to them.

"Also, this death is very likely caused by the personality owner. The wound was not caused by a sharp weapon, but seemed to explode suddenly. This kind of wound cannot be done with a sharp weapon. But several employees and the store manager All impersonal. As the body is somewhat damaged, detailed information may take longer."

"One more thing. The victim seemed very anxious these days, as if something happened. In order to cheer him up, the store manager arranged for him to eat a lot of food that Mr. Sato Shinobu usually likes to eat these days."

"I see." The senior nodded to him, thinking about something with a sullen face, while the people on the other side were talking uncomfortably.

"It's a really sad thing," said the store manager, who seemed distressed.

The guests who had dinner with the store manager just now also sighed and said, "Xinjun, I think that is a child with a bright smile, why suddenly..."

"The store manager must be very sad. He is a very gentle person. In the box, he is the one who mobilizes the atmosphere. Even if there is a lonely person among us who loves to play with mobile phones, he will come to him and be kind to that person. chat.

Listening to the conversation over there, the senior always felt that something was wrong, but he just couldn't think of the key point, so what exactly was it?

Takahashi Genichiro, who was standing next to the pensive senior, had been staring at Edogawa Ranpo just now, staring at him and suddenly remembered something.

"Wait, senior." Takahashi Yanichiro grabbed the senior's sleeve, leaned over to his side and said softly, "Wearing a brown hat and coat, he looks like a child, speaks obnoxiously and arrogantly... this man Is it Ranpo Edogawa from the recently famous Armed Detective Agency?"

After hearing what he said, the senior suddenly remembered that some people mentioned recently about a person named Edogawa Ranpo and the armed detective agency behind him.

The senior looked at him suspiciously.

As for Dazai Osamu who was standing next to Edogawa Ranpo, because of his supernatural ability, he was naturally ignored by others.

"What you said just now... do you know who the murderer is?" asked the senior.

Edogawa Ranpo sighed, and said, "Why do you have to ask me such a simple question." This kind of boring, obvious thing at a glance.But thinking about what Fukuzawa Yukichi once said to him, he is different, and Edogawa Ranpo calmed down a little.

"It's really helpless, it seems that you still have to rely on me." Edogawa smiled complacently, then put on his glasses, and shouted: "'Super reasoning'!"

As a gust of wind blowing through his hat and coat, Edogawa Ranpo became calm, he closed his eyes, then opened them again, with a wanton smile on his face, he stretched out his fingers prisoner.

"The murderer—is it you?"

"Mr. Store Manager?"

"What?!" The others shouted in disbelief, and looked at the store manager.The store manager who was accused of being the murderer by Edogawa Ranpo turned pale and said excitedly: "What are you talking about?! How could I kill Nobukun?!"

Edogawa Ranpo didn't care about his excuses, and calmly stated the facts: "You called Sato Nobu into the room, and then "killed" him."

"The reason why the murder weapon can't be found is because the deceased died because of his own personality."

"What? Personality?" Genichiro Takahashi frowned and said, "But Nobuo Sato should have no personality."

"No, he should have just awakened his personality recently, but he hasn't registered yet."

Edogawa Luanbu lowered his head: "The evidence is that there are some scars on that person's body, which are obviously the same scars this time, but they are relatively small and not that serious."

When Takahashi heard this, he opened his eyes wide and said, "No wonder he has similar scars on his body. If he just awakened his personality a few days ago and can't control it properly, then it makes sense."

"However, if I didn't awaken my personality when I was young, the chance of awakening my personality when I grow up is very small. I thought it was just a legend."

"But in this case, didn't the deceased commit suicide? Why do you say that the store manager is the murderer?"

Edogawa pushed his glasses indiscriminately, and said: "The victim himself suffers from anxiety, and has been suffering from anxiety these days because he cannot control his personality. The store manager knew this but gave the victim A lot of food that can cause anxiety, such as cumin and a lot of sugar. But because the other party likes to eat these things, and trusts the store manager, he didn’t think much about it and ate them all. These caused mental instability of the victim."

"At one o'clock, the store manager invited the victim to the box because he had something to do. You hid behind the door and knocked out the unsuspecting victim who came in. Then you tied him up. Awakening, a victim who cannot properly control his own personality is extremely anxious, wakes up and sees this situation, naturally his personality has gone berserk, and then he killed himself."

"And you used the time when you and waiter B "discovered the victim at the first time", and when waiter B was frightened by the corpse, you sneaked over and locked the window that was already closed."

"Even if you say this, it doesn't prove that I am the murderer! Other people can do the same thing." The store manager shouted aggressively, "Didn't you say that the time of death was from 01:30 to around [-]:[-]? with the guests."

"By the way, he has an alibi." Takahashi Genichiro said with a frown.

A customer who learned that the store manager was suspicious swallowed, and said cautiously: "Yes, it was past one o'clock when the store manager was with us. At that time, the store manager said that he had something to do later. I also took a special look at the clock."

Edogawa Ranpo sighed, and said a little impatiently: "But no one can prove that the time you are with the guests is from 01:30 to [-] o'clock."

"What are you talking about, there is a clock in the room—"

"Yes, that's right, the clock." Edogawa Luanpo laughed, and put his fingers on the brim of his hat that had slipped down, his green eyes were full of wantonness, "You set the alarm clock forward by half an hour Bar."

"what?!"

"In a closed room, the guests who are eating and chatting will naturally not stare at their mobile phones, not to mention that you came there deliberately to create an atmosphere, even if it is a relatively lonely person, you will go to chat. Sit inside and eat and chat People don't care much about the loss of time, and you also use language hints to keep telling them what time it is, making them believe that it is still around 01:30, but the time is actually after two o'clock gone."

"In order not to be exposed when other people came to investigate, you hurried over and adjusted the time back, so if you look for it now, you can still find your fresh fingerprints that were printed not long ago."

After Edogawa Ranpo finished speaking, the store manager completely knelt down on the ground.

"Why? Manager!" asked Miss B, the waiter.

Tears rolled down the store manager's cheeks, and he slammed the ground hard.

"It's all his fault! If it wasn't for him—?!"

After the store manager's description, everyone knows that the store manager and Sato Nobu are actually friends who grew up together. Both of them have no personality since they were young. At the same time, they both look forward to heroes and people with personality.

But the reality is cruel, they are people who have not been chosen by heaven and have no personality.

But even so, the store manager wants to live a good life, and at the same time accepts Sato Nobu who has nowhere to go.

Originally, life should go on as usual like now, but I didn't expect Nobu Sato to awaken his personality a few days ago.After awakening my personality, I still can't control my personality and want to make myself stronger, and then show it in front of everyone.But he still told the secret to his friend the store manager.

Out of serious inferiority complex and the jealousy of the sudden awakening of a friend who used to be together, the store manager killed Sato Shinobu.

"At that time..." the store manager lowered his head and whispered softly: "I told him, even if you awakened your personality, we are still good friends, right?"

"He, he actually said to me! How is it possible! There is a huge difference between having a personality and having no personality. After awakening a strong personality, he will go to the hero area and never come back. Just for the kindness we once had, he Willing to help me in the future, when he looked at me with that kind of pity..." As he spoke, his voice trembled more and more like his body.

"I feel like a demon has appeared in my heart, telling me to quickly plan to kill this man."

"So, that's what I did."

The store manager fell to his knees and wept bitterly.

The incident has come to an end here. Although he did not kill directly, the store manager who designed to cause others to die was taken back.

Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo naturally couldn't eat in this restaurant where someone had just died, even if neither of them minded.

The two had no choice but to go out together, ready to find a new restaurant.

Before leaving, Takahashi Genichiro bowed to Edogawa Ranpo, and said, "I'm sorry, I said those impolite words before, Mr. Ranpo is really amazing." He directly used honorifics.Recently he has been hearing about the famous detective Edogawa Ranpo.

He said some more words excitedly, and he coughed dryly after seeing Edogawa Ranpo's impatient expression, and swallowed back the words he wanted to say.

But thinking of today's case, Takahashi Genichiro seemed a little sad again, "Obviously we were such good friends, why did they become like this just because one of them awakened their personality."

"This is not a strange thing." Osamu Dazai, who was silent and non-existent in Takahashi's eyes, said. He lowered his eyes slightly and said coldly: "Individuality and non-individuality, from the perspective of today's society It also represents a symbol of power and status. When a party suddenly has power and status, the things that have been suppressed will be easily exposed. And those who cannot get them will also feel jealous and unequal. Especially But in recent years, the contradiction between individuality and non-individuality has intensified."

"However, no matter what the reason is, killing is killing, right?" Dazai Osamu said with a smile on his face, his voice was a little careless and funny, "Killing on the premise that the other party is not really hurt, the store manager also It's just an excuse for my own jealousy."

"No matter how friendly the relationship used to be, when some places change, many things will change accordingly." Osamu Dazai sneered.

Humans are really interesting.

Osamu Dazai thought casually.

Like Oda Sakunosuke, because he wanted to become a writer, he made up his mind not to kill anyone again, and even raised five orphans.There are also people like the store manager who directly kill people who usually have a good relationship with him because of jealousy.

Takahashi Genichiro seemed to be stunned, and he couldn't believe that the above words were said by Dazai Osamu, who in his eyes was just a passerby.

However, Edogawa Ranpo, who originally ignored Takahashi Kenichiro's answers, noticed that he seemed to be in a bad mood. He opened his eyes and looked at Osamu Dazai, probably because of his naive and childish personality. Seriously, when you open your eyes and stare at a person, it will be as if you have become another person, and it will be extraordinarily sharp.

Such Edogawa Ranpo grabbed Dazai Osamu's hand seriously, and looked at him seriously.

"However, like there are good people and bad people in the world, there are also feelings that will not change no matter what, it's a matter of course, isn't it? You just met someone who is different from everyone else ?"

So, don't get disgusted with it.

Osamu Dazai blinked, and said a little bit dumbfoundingly: "Of course I know this kind of thing."

Edogawa Ranpo frowned, and said seriously: "But you look very unhappy."

"I was just thinking... human beings are just wonderful creatures. For example, lovers who once promised each other for life and death may cheat in the next second, and friends who were once very close will kill each other jealously because the other party has special abilities. People who used to warm each other will become wary of each other for some reason in the next second. There are also... all kinds of things."

"Will things like this time gradually increase one day? Especially if there is a day when "Personality" also awakens its power or the status of both parties changes."

Osamu Dazai said inexplicably.

Edogawa Ranbu glanced at him, but didn't speak.

"Okay, don't talk about it, let's have some snacks together." Osamu Dazai said.

So Edogawa Ranpo also became happy, jumped happily, and walked to another restaurant with Osamu Dazai.

Takahashi Yanichiro who was ignored by them: "..."

You also ignore me too thoroughly, right? !