Lost Lord Ranbu

Luanbu stayed at home for half a month.

After the well-known criminal policeman Edogawa Shigeo, who is well-known all over the country, lost to his son in the reasoning game again, the father who could rely on his experience to pretend to be a boss in front of his son lost face, and his family status completely fell bottom end.

Ranbu left his stupid father without hesitation, and went to play with a smarter mother.

result--

After losing three games in a row to the smart mother, Luanbu came back disheartened with his tail between his legs, and continued to play simple jigsaw puzzles with the stupid father.

"Failed the challenge again, Ranpo." The man at the bottom of the Edogawa family showed a gloating smile at his son.

"Housewives are indeed the strongest." Ranpo was convinced.

Although the content of the competition is not what he is good at, there is nothing to be ashamed of losing to his mother. Anyway, his mother is so good.

Ranpo thought proudly.

In an ordinary family, the 20-year gap between parents and children is bound to bring about family turmoil.But in the relationship between the Edogawas, it seems that this barrier does not exist at all.

Parents are not worried that their children will be in danger. Judging from their own conclusions, young sons will only receive more care from all aspects in the future.They also do not distinguish the son who suddenly grows into an adult as another individual, but treat him equally.

Guided by the tolerant attitude of his parents, Ranbu quickly abandoned the timidity in his heart and became more lively in front of his parents.He talks about everything with his family, as long as he thinks of interesting things, he will share them, which can be regarded as an alternative way to reveal future information to his parents.

In addition, Ranpo secretly contacted Fukuzawa Yukichi of this era behind his parents' backs.

Your Excellency Silver Wolf is still a killer serving the government, a sharp knife in the hands of politicians to deal with political opponents, it is unrealistic to ask him to be someone's bodyguard.

But Luanbu really couldn't think of a second person to entrust, so he could only find a way to get it. It took a lot of effort to get Silver Wolf's assistance.

Fortunately, Shigeo Edogawa has a good reputation in the country, and his father's identity provides Ranpo with room to maneuver.

Luanbu deliberately made troubles, concealed his identity, and transformed himself into an operation planning consultant on the dark web.After making a name in a short period of time, he began to create some "troubles" for politicians that could not be solved by force, and easily made them bow their heads and come to Edogawa for help.Taking advantage of the trend, the politicians will naturally understand the request of "manpower is needed to protect the investigators", and the rest will become very simple.

Although, these were also seen through by Edo Chuanju.

Ranpo doesn't feel that he has done bad things. He manipulates these difficult cases behind the scenes that make politicians a headache. The fundamental purpose is to get Fukuzawa Yukichi's help and ultimately protect his parents.

Because he knew that his mother would know about it, he paid special attention to protecting the safety of others during the planning process. No one was harmed after a series of incidents—ah, if it is said that the personal interests of politicians are harmed, they will be held accountable by their mother. Did not say.

Simply being scolded can have the possibility of parents being rescued, and Ranpo is still willing to be scolded, presumably Edo Chuanju also knows this.

Sure enough, between those black-hearted politicians and his own son, the mother, who is not pedantic in ideology and has a personality that fits "Edogawa" very well, chose the latter and kept silent about his son's series of actions.

Under the cover of his mother, Ranpo successfully achieved his goal.

He is not afraid of the consequences of changing the past.

Ranbu can easily see the conclusion at a glance, but he is a person who pays special attention to the fun of the process.This can be seen from the previous travels, no matter which parallel world he came to, or at which point of time, he never worried about the ending, and he did whatever he wanted to the extreme.

The Butterfly Effect?

The grandmother paradox?

Do those messy theories matter?

Looking at the present, the most urgent thing for Luanbu is of course to change the outcome of the death of his parents. As for what will happen next——

who cares!

Isn't there Dazai?

Since Ranpo-sama is used as the cornerstone of stabilizing the world, of course he has to pay some remuneration in other ways, isn't there a chance to repay the repayment now?

Ranpo very indifferently left the follow-up work of patching the loopholes to Dazai who held the book.

He has long been aware of Dazai's thoughts, and has always shown a domineering attitude towards the selfish Dazai, but he does not mention matters related to Dazai to others, which can be said to be acceptance and protection in disguise.

Dazai is very aware of this, so he has more respect for Ranpo who knows everything but keeps silent, and he can be called responsive.

The way the two get along is very common in the port mafia, and no one has discovered that they have any tacit transactions in private, which has continued until now, and the bills paid in advance by Dazai finally came to the repayment date.

The early stage is long enough, work hard, Dazai.

Luanbu thought.

Half a month is enough for Mori Ogai to clean up the port mafia inside and outside, enough for Dazai to lead Vongola and others to defeat Bailan to save the parallel world, and enough for Ranpo to arrange the affairs of this era properly.

Although the Edogawas tacitly did not talk about the topic of "farewell", the moment of parting will eventually come.

When the pink smoke burst out with a bang, Ranbu was not as surprised as last time.Knowing that it is impossible to take people to the future, he still firmly grasped the hands of his parents.

"Believe me."

Ranpo knew that when he appeared, his parents already knew the end of death.If they don't trust themselves and worry that changing the future will do more harm to their son, no amount of haphazard arrangements will help, they will just accept death to ensure a "business as usual" future.

"Don't leave me," he said.

It's like confessing, but also like pleading.

With his hands empty, the black-haired young man with a half-crying expression disappeared into the smoke, replaced by a child wearing an expensive dress with whipped cream on his face.

The young Luanbu looked at the familiar face in front of him ignorantly, then threw the spoon in his hand, and threw himself into the arms of his parents crying.The pair of gifted parents kept their child in the middle, and they didn't know what to feel in their hearts, as if they were being cut by a blunt knife.

Are they really willing to leave Luanbu behind?

This obviously doesn't work.

Parents have made up their minds.

Before there was a moment of tenderness, the doorbell suddenly rang outside the door.

"—Fukuzawa Yukichi."

The silver-haired warrior who belonged to this era and was commissioned to protect the Edogawa family gave his name expressionlessly.

As soon as he lowered his head, he saw the child hiding behind his parents, staring at him with those washed emerald green eyes.

The children of the Edogawa family came out from behind their parents and walked up to Fukuzawa Yukichi.His eye sockets were slightly red, and the tears on his cheeks were mixed with cream. When he looked up at Fukuzawa Yukichi, he looked like a pitiful cat.

"...I am Fukuzawa Yukichi." The young warrior who was like a weapon tried to restrain his sharp aura around him, but he obviously failed. In the end, he could only stiffly re-introduce himself, adding more The meaning of a sentence, "is the person entrusted to protect you."

"Ranpo knows." The child sniffed, and said in a nasal voice, "I am Edogawa Ranpo, you must remember the name of Ranpo carefully."

"what."

From this moment on, the direction of the story changed.

This butterfly storm came quietly and swept the whole world.

Just like the singularity caused by the Holy Grail last time, most people have no idea what is happening in the world.In their view, their lives have not changed, and they take it for granted that reality is daily life.

Actually?

"I said, Dazai—"

"Ok?"

Osamu Dazai, who returned from saving the world ten years later in the parallel world, is now sitting on the Black Throne, and the newly appointed head of the port mafia receives his cadres.He put the book in his hand aside, smoothed the dark red scarf around his neck, and smiled at Luanbu in a leisurely manner.

"What does Mr. Ranpo want to say?"

"Where did Mr. Sen go?"

"Of course I won't treat Mr. Sen badly. After all, I have worked hard for the port mafia for so many years. I have made good arrangements for the employees to retire and then find employment." The young leader answered him in a relaxed tone, "Tomorrow morning news will be fine. I saw Mr. Mori, if you really can’t wait, Mr. Ranpo, please read the newspaper first! Mr. Mori’s words can be regarded as realizing his dream, right?”

Dazai, who is in the center of the butterfly storm, has the confidence to control the storm. He has already started to tamper with the world line and suppress all the changes caused by the rationalization of the existence of the Edogawa couple.

The Edogawa couple survived, and they went to find Mori Ogai, who was still a military doctor. Needless to say, what happened after that.No parent wants their child to become a Mafia member in the future, right?But Dazai really needs the help of Ranpo, in order to let Ranpo stay in the port mafia, he almost changed the whole direction of the world.

So, this is the current situation.

Mori Ogai's official career was smooth sailing, and he was finally elected as the national leader under various operations.Osamu Dazai took his place and became the youngest leader of the port mafia, responsible for controlling the order of the night in Yokohama.

As for random steps——

"You did a good job, Dazai." Luanpo, who had not changed his status as a cadre, was completely rude to the leader, patted Dazai on the shoulder with a smile, and praised him like a younger brother.

Zhong Yuanzhong, who was acting as the guard behind the leader, was also very helpless. At this time, he should stand up and reprimand the other party for being rude, but if the target is Mr. Ranpo, no one can say anything serious, right?

"Where's the annoying ace?" Ranpo asked.

"Mr. Ranpo doesn't need to take action. Not long ago, his casino was investigated by the police. He is probably in prison, right?" Dazai smiled, the corners of his mouth showing a cool look.

"By the way, the person in charge is Mr. Edogawa." The leader pretended to be sorry, and spread his hands, "There is no way, since Mr. Edogawa came to the door, the port mafia can only give up. Right, Ranpo gentlemen?"

"It's Dad."

After listening to Ranpo, he knew that this was a discussion between Dazai and his father. Dazai wanted to deal with cadres who disagreed with the leader, and his father might be forced by the government to do something.

Well, I still suggest that Dad resign as soon as possible. What's so good about working for the government? It's better to come to his detective agency.

Luanbu thought.

"I will deal with it later, and I won't let all the money flow out."

"Then please."

The two had a brief conversation.

Recently, Ranpo's enthusiasm for armed detective agencies has been on the rise, and Dazai also supports his career very much, and specially puts some talents who are not bad in nature, such as Nakajima Atsushi, Akutagawa Gin, and the like, to the detective agency.

The few named by Dazai successfully passed the entrance test of the armed detective agency president Fukuzawa Yukichi, and officially became members of the armed detective agency.Akutagawa, whose application was rejected, had a fight with Atsushi Nakajima, demolished two floors, and was finally suppressed ruthlessly by Chuya Nakahara.

As for Oda Sakunosuke——

"Is Odasaku not willing to go to the detective agency?" Dazai was very puzzled, "Odasaku shouldn't stay here, it is very suitable to help the weak detective agency, and he can also write novels."

Luanbu, who had seen through everything long ago, curled his lips: "Idiot, do you have to tell me?"

In order to prevent Ranpo from sinking, Oda Sakunosuke could give up his thoughts on writing novels and voluntarily stay by his side as an assistant.After Ranpo went out independently to have a detective career, Oda Sakunosuke stayed for Dazai again.

"Odasaku stayed in the port mafia because of you."

If no one was watching Dazai, this guy might die on his own in a place where no one else could see him.

"You already have a lot of ties with other people...well, the fetters that are often mentioned in comics?" Ranbu stretched out his hand to touch the button hidden under the leader's desk, and said, "Even if it is to respond to other people's expectations, you must Live well, in the traditional sense, everyone likes the ending of novels, but there is no ending with death, Dazai."

The last word fell, and the visor was opened.

The sunset of Yokohama shone in, dispelling the darkness in the room.

"Mom said not to work in the dark, you will lose your eyesight." Luanbu said self-consciously.

"..."

Dazai felt a little funny.

There is indeed a little more sincerity in the smile.

Before Luanbu left, he held back a step: "Mr. Luanpo, the Armed Detective Agency has not given a gift yet, so let this be a gift."

Dazai took out a wooden box.

Inside were seven rings. Although they were only covered with a layer of velvet cloth, those rings looked like precious treasures.Egg-shaped gemstones of different colors are inlaid in the center, and the metal base is the extended wings, which are coated with a layer of halo by the setting sun.

——It's Mare's ring.

"Pick one? What color do you like?" the leader said.

Ranbu took an emerald thunder ring from it, but he didn't know the meaning of it, he just liked its color.

Rings have always represented bonds.

Dazai is willing to share this thing with others, which is a promise to him, so it doesn't matter what color you choose, Ranpo is willing to become Dazai's guardian.

After Luanbu finished picking, Dazai greeted the guards behind him: "Choose one too, anyway, I got it from someone else, no money."

"What, what kind of keepsake are you making like those Italians, but it's still a fancy ring... It's really disgusting." Zhong Yuanzhong also disliked it, and went forward to pick up the ring belonging to the guardian of Lan.

"Well, it's really disgusting to wear the same ring as Zhongya."

"You bastard, don't think that if I become the leader, I won't dare to beat you."

"I'm the leader, and Zhong is also a subordinate. Do you really want to do something to me?"

"you--"

Luanbu had already slipped away when they were quarreling—Your Excellency Fuzawa is still waiting for him to get off work, and he must be responsible for sending him home properly.

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