Lost Lord Ranbu

Dazai Osamu came here with Oda Sakunosuke.

As soon as he heard that Oda Sakunosuke was on vacation today, Dazai, the leader, decided to take a vacation for himself.

As for work, it wasn't during Mr. Mori's reign, why should he work hard to expand his armaments?Enough food is enough, enough money is enough, and the port mafia does not really want to rule Japan, it is enough to develop to this level, why bother to make the government afraid?What's more, Mr. Mori, the former leader, is already the prime minister. Even if he wants to rule Japan, he has realized his dream!

The skipping leader thought happily.

It turns out that Dazai can find 1 reasons to skip work if he wants to do it.

So, on a working day, two men who seemed to be doing nothing, like vagrants, appeared on the streets of Yokohama. Osamu Dazai is really doing nothing.

It's not time for work, Dazai is only wearing casual clothes.

The sand-colored long trench coat was just bought a few days ago. Although it is not new this year, Dazai himself likes it, and no one else can comment on it. It is never up to the subordinates to control what the leader wears.

Central Plains also couldn't understand that he changed his clothes, and he couldn't care about the leader skipping work. He simply couldn't see and didn't worry, and went on a business trip early in the morning angrily.

Oda Sakunosuke made an evaluation from the perspective of a straight man, and he thought the clothes were okay.After all, Dazai is tall and tall, especially suitable for wearing a long windbreaker. Coupled with his excellent appearance, even if he is wandering around the streets of Yokohama like a jobless vagrant, he can still attract the attention of many people.

"Dazai, is it okay to just run out like this?"

When Dazai was still a cadre, he would be injured due to various emergencies. After he became the leader, he became the target of sniping by other forces.This time he skipped work and ran out, relying on bringing a Sakunosuke Oda who could foresee the danger, the other guards were dismissed, and he was not at all worried that he would be beaten to death with a sack when he walked halfway.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Dazai put his hands behind his back, stepped briskly on the floor tiles, and asked his friend, "Odasaku, how is the novel writing?"

"Dazai, you are very suitable to be the responsible editor of the publishing house." Oda Sakunosuke, who was urged by his boss every day without holding back a word, suggested sincerely.

Dazai smiled at him: "If no one urges Oda Saku, maybe I won't be able to read the novel written by Oda Saku until I die."

Oda Sakunosuke always felt that his emotions were a bit wrong. The words "I won't see until I die" didn't sound like a joke, so I couldn't help reminding: "Don't always talk about death or something, it's unlucky."

"What?" In front of Sakunosuke Oda, Dazai threw away his usual leader side and complained like a disaffected child, "Ranpo-san told me not to commit suicide before, Alright! That’s what Ranpo-san said, and I agree. So what did Odasaku ask for now? I’m not even allowed to say the word ‘death’!”

"It's not that serious." Facing the groundless accusation, Oda Sakunosuke still had a dull expression on his face, "Is that what Ranpo asked for?"

"Yes! At least Mr. Mori would lie to me before, saying that he would make me a painless death potion, and use this to urge me to work. But Mr. Ranpo is not even willing to perfunctory, and simply for the traditional sense happyending, don’t allow me to seek death! Ah——this is too cruel for me!”

Dazai waved his arms, lamented like a song, and even had tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, making it seem like such a thing really happened.After a burst of exaggerated performances, he also tried to find approval from his friends.

"Odasaku, tell me, Mr. Ranpo, isn't it too much!"

If it were some ignorant and soft-hearted women, they would definitely continue to follow Dazai's words. After all, his expression is indeed so wronged that it is heartbreaking. Who would be so cruel not to let him be himself What do you want to do?

Unfortunately, the person Dazai sought for comfort was Oda Sakunosuke.

"That's right, Ranpo did a good job." Oda Sakunosuke said.

As expected of Ranpo, who regards his own mood as the first element, he can directly restrict all suicides of Dazai on the grounds that "I will be unhappy if Dazai dies", regardless of the person's thoughts.

Although Dazai is trying to live for the sake of other people's feelings, and the mandatory restraint of Ranpo is not friendly to him, but in the eyes of others, if he can stop a suicide attempt patient from dying with a few words, Ranpo can be regarded as doing It's a great thing.

"You two are really too much!" Seeing Oda Sakunosuke's reaction, Dazai's shoulders collapsed, but he regained his vitality quickly, "Okay, for the sake of my agreement, Ori Tian Zuo wants to show me the first draft of the novel!"

Oda Sakunosuke had never understood Dazai's logic, but he nodded as usual: "I'll show you when it's finished."

"It's better to hit the sun than to choose a day, so start writing today!"

"..."

Oda Sakunosuke suspects that Dazai was really his editor in his previous life.

Dazai's impromptu action was excellent. He bought a pen and paper at a stationery store on the roadside, and brought Oda Sakunosuke to the Uzumaki Café downstairs of the Armed Detective Agency, where the environment and atmosphere are quite good. Start writing your outline.

Oda Sakunosuke looked at the blank vertical grid paper in front of him, pondered for a moment and said, "It's not that easy."

The person who urged the manuscript ordered a cup of strong coffee early, and at this time was pouring enough sugar cubes into the coffee cup to reach a lethal dose--soon, under the kind and threatening smile of the waitress in the cafe, Dazai accompanied him with a guilty conscience. Laughing, stopped wasting sugar cubes and coffee.

He stirred the coffee: "Didn't you say you already have an idea?"

"Having an idea and putting it into action are two different things." Oda Sakunosuke said carefully, "Although I feel that way, but..."

"It's a good thing to have a feeling, write down your inspiration!"

"..."

"Literature uses words as a medium to express objective and subjective cognition. It's just a fantasy. If you don't try to write something, you don't know what you want, right?" Dazai is obviously not a writer. Experienced people can speak clearly, "Otherwise, you can only dictate, and I can do it for you, but Odasaku is not good at words, so I don't want to write a novel that doesn't taste like Odasaku at all! So I will do it for you." It’s enough for Odasaku to use his pen to sum up those feelings with brush strokes!”

In the end, he said with relief: "Don't worry, it's not difficult, as long as you record what happened around you, it's like writing a diary. Writing a diary is always easy, right?"

"……All right."

Just when Oda Sakunosuke was racking his brains trying to express his inner feelings in words, the doorbell rang, and several regular customers came to the store, they were members of the Armed Detective Agency upstairs.

Atsushi Nakajima thought that it would be difficult to see Mr. Dazai again after he was transferred from the port mafia, but he did not expect such a coincidence that Mr. Dazai happened to be traveling with Mr. Oda today, and they were chatting in the cafe downstairs!

Can you run into Mr. Dazai during working hours? Can Akutagawa, who is in the port mafia, encounter such a good thing?

Obviously not.

Not everyone can see the leader. Akutagawa is neither a cadre nor the leader's secretary. He is just a small member of the team, and even his own leader will not receive relevant notifications if he skips work.

"Mr. Dazai!" Atsushi Nakajima restrained his excitement, and greeted the man sitting in front of the bar respectfully.

"Tun-kun, did you have a good job today?" Compared with another disciple who is easy to get into the horns, Dazai is more pleasant to Nakajima Atsushi, and he is in the mood to ask his subordinates how their lives are after they change jobs. Is it a habit?"

"Yes, of course!" Atsushi Nakajima replied emotionally.

"It's lunch time." Oda Sakunosuke put down his pen and said to the boss at the front desk, "Please order a curry rice."

"There's only sweet curry rice here, Odasaku." Ranpo pulled the chair next to Oda Sakunosuke and sat down, "If Odasaku comes here and becomes a regular customer here, the store manager might give you Prepare otherwise."

Oda Sakunosuke didn't speak, just looked at Dazai.

Before the other party noticed, Oda Sakunosuke changed the subject: "Ranpo, how are you doing recently? Last time I saw a report, it said that the armed detective agency solved another bombing case."

"You only need to look at that kind of simple case to know it. Who knows why those incompetent policemen waste their time. Wouldn't it be better to entrust it to a detective agency earlier? It's not until the victim appears that he knows to ask for help. It's my father who calls me." phone!" Ranbu complained.

His answer could be called arrogant, but the people present took it for granted. After all, Ranbu had this kind of character, and he didn't speak well, so didn't he solve the problem properly in the end?It's normal for a genius to have some innocuous bad habits, and it's just for others to bear with it.

"Speaking of that..." Ranpo pointed to Kunikida who had been silent all this time, and introduced to Sakunosuke Oda, "This is Kunikida Doppo, a newcomer who chose to join the detective agency because of the last case, Oda Sakuno Haven't seen him?"

Dazai, who was still talking to Nakajima Atsushi, Izumi Kyoka and others, looked over with a half-smile.

"Oh, Kunikida-kun is a newcomer." Dazai looked him up and down seriously, and nodded in a serious manner. Those who didn't know thought he was a retired senior from the Armed Detective Agency.

Kunikida was provoked by his malicious eyes, and immediately took two steps back—who is this bandaged man with a flirtatious smile?

Oda Sakunosuke is not a difficult person to get along with, after Ranpo's introduction, he consciously gave his name, and Kunikida also greeted him very politely.

As for Dazai, Kunikida stayed away from him directly, and didn't want to communicate with him at all, even if Dazai talked to him about other topics, Kunikida was vigilant and refused to say more.

"It's so sad, Kunikida-kun." Dazai sighed.

Kunikida pushed his glasses.

He thought that he had always abided by etiquette and would not be so rude to people he met for the first time, but the appearance of Dazai Osamu obviously made him break the rules, and said bluntly: "I wanted to ask you just now, your familiar attitude is born Is it?"

It was Ranpo who answered him: "No, Dazai's attitude is different. Maybe it's because Kunikida and Dazai are very destined, how do you say that word, hit it off at first sight?"

"That's right, that's right!" Dazai agreed.

Kunikida: "..."

If possible, he didn't want to know Dazai.

The other members of the detective agency are more familiar with Oda Sakunosuke, and don't know much about the man Dazai. Most people only know that the other party and Oda Sakunosuke are colleagues, and they don't know who he is.

At present, less than half of the investigators in the detective agency have jumped from their company, including Ranpo, who took on the title of "detective" by himself, Nakajima Atsushi and Izumi Kyoka, a pair of super mobile Partner, excellent secretary Akutagawa Gin and his ilk.

Everyone seems to have their own strengths, and newcomers can't help but wonder what kind of occupation these people used to be, and which big company can accommodate them?Which company dares to let these talents change jobs at will, and the current employees don't mind contacting the former employees who switched jobs at all. Is there really such a generous company?

In fact, it is not difficult to guess, it's just that newcomers who join the company dare not think about it.

A detective in black, a partner with top-notch abilities, and Miss Yin, who is a clerk but proficient in assassination. Is there a second organization in Yokohama that can raise such talents?

- Port Mafia.

There is only one dominant port mafia in Yokohama that can possess such strength and confidence. Didn’t you see their leaders sitting here drinking coffee leisurely?

Helplessly, the personalities of these few people are really not compatible with the mafia. The newcomers did not think in that direction at all. They have never met the leader of the port mafia, and they don't know what the mafia cadres look like, let alone other group members.

Insiders Fukuzawa Yukichi and Yosano Akiko were worried that the identity of the mafia would cause estrangement within the society, so they didn't say much, and Luanbu didn't care about identity.Since the key figures of these detective agencies are silent, other members of the agency will not pay too much attention to it. At most, there will be a "Detective Agency Routine Guessing" activity, although no one has guessed correctly even though the activity has continued to this day.

Kunikida was a victim of this activity.

If he was asked to guess the occupations of these people, Dazai would probably be described bluntly as a jobless vagrant who achieved nothing, while Oda next to him was pretty good, he looked like a novelist.

Of course, it's all just speculation.

After experiencing the mental torture, Kunikida couldn't help but wonder while feeling deeply tired.

Why did Mr. Ranpo and Dazai pay attention to him? Is it fun to play with him?Forget about Mr. Ranpo, what about this man named Osamu Dazai?It seems unreliable at all. How did you become friends with an honest person like Mr. Oda?He was born in this world solely to shorten the lifespan of others, right?

As if seeing his doubts, he slurped his straw to drink juice, and explained vaguely: "Although Dazai is indeed a troublesome person, he is indispensable. Kunikida will know from now on, Dazai is a tool man It's very easy to use... well, but it's not easy to be controlled, is it, Dazai?"

Dazai smiled and accepted the compliment from Ranpo, which was not considered a compliment.

Only Kunikida was in a complicated mood.

What tool man?What is useful?Troublesome and easy to use?Is this a compliment from Mr. Ranpo?Didn't Dazai even refute it?

Thousands of words merged into one exclamation——

Who are these people?

Kunikida soon learns the truth.

The reason was that the foreign criminal organization "Zapalk" was eager to establish itself in Yokohama, and did not dare to provoke the local snake port mafia, so it wanted to start with an armed detective agency that had just obtained a license to open with special abilities.

Zapark is not a first-class organization, and there are no rules that can restrict members. They are all scumbags.

They would not come to discuss business with a box of dollars like Fitzgerald did. Instead, they attacked the coffee shop downstairs of the Armed Detective Agency and pulled out the store manager's nails in order to threaten the Armed Detectives socially. Issue a license to open a business.

Coincidentally, Oda Sakunosuke and Dazai made an appointment that day, and booked a private seat with the store manager in advance to finish the rest of the manuscript in the cafe.Unexpectedly, as soon as I went there, I found that the comfortable environment of the cafe was destroyed, and the conscientious owner apologized to the guests and asked them to come back next time.

At that time, Kunikida noticed their expressions.

If the other members are all shocked and angry, then there are a few people who are not the same.

How to describe it better?

That doesn't look like the expression that most people would show.

Before Kunikida could take a closer look, Dazai withdrew from the crowd.Walking to the side, he took out a mobile phone from his pocket, dialed a number, and was picked up after only one ring.

"Akutagawa-kun? Well, it's me. Call the black lizard over."

Dazai and the person on the other end of the phone were talking softly, and the tone was completely different from usual, sounding indifferent and cold.He didn't hide his volume, those words drifted into Kunikida's ears.

"Let those who offend us taste the vengeance of the Port Mafia."

Kunikida has always been polite and would not explore other people's privacy, but at this moment he couldn't hide it, and stared at Dazai on the phone in disbelief.

Dazai noticed Kunikida's gaze and looked back.

Even though it was daytime, that kind of look made people feel cold for no reason.It was like falling into a cold abyss, with thick sludge billowing underneath, and no light could be seen.

He pursed his lips and smiled.

Kunikida's eyes widened.

"Ranpo?" Seeing that Dazai went to call someone, Oda Sakunosuke immediately went to seek advice from Ranpo, "Can you find someone?"

Ranpo has been sullen since just now.

When Oda Sakunosuke asked him, he just replied with a sullen face, completely out of his usual leisurely manner.

Luanbu was very angry.

In Yokohama, a place where he can walk sideways with his eyes closed, right under his nose, the kind-hearted store manager who would prepare food for them and focus on running the coffee shop had his fingernails pulled out and the store was smashed, next time What should it be?

Luanbu doesn't like others to move things that he circles into the protection range.

Mori Ogai knew this before, so he didn't dare to touch Oda Sakunosuke; Fukuzawa Yukichi knew this, so he didn't explicitly let Ranpo break with Mori Ogai.

The two of them were able to reach a unified consensus. As a result, there are still people who come up to provoke them without knowing their lives. It can only be said that those who don't know are fearless.

Ranpo is in Yokohama, what's so difficult about trying to find out about an outside organization doing trouble?

Even if Zapark’s stronghold changes every four days, even the international police can’t find a trace; even if they set up countless surveillance cameras outside the stronghold, vicious criminals with heavy weapons will guard the door; Can rally local criminal organizations; even if their strongholds are as well-guarded as bank vaults...

Will all these bells and whistles be useful to the Shanghai Port Mafia?

***

Bright red flowers bloomed on the ground.

A pair of expensive handmade leather shoes stepped on it, and when the petals were crushed, it made a sound like a rainy day stepping into a puddle. The juice soaked into the ground, staining a deeper black and red.

"Criminal organization, the more serious the crime, the higher the status... Is that what you announced to the outside world? It's quite thoughtful." The speaker laughed softly, and his ghostly and ethereal voice echoed in the secret stronghold Among them, it sounds frightening.

There was a painful whimper in the darkness, like a wild dog with a docked tail.

"Mr. Ranpo only took five seconds to find this place. The defense you are proud of is useless to the fighters. Do you want to call for help? Look at Yokohama, who dares to be our enemy?"

The lights were all turned on.

Only then did people see that those red spots on the ground were neither flowers nor puddles formed by rainwater. It was the blood flowing from the body that gathered into this large pool of red, and the air was filled with a disgusting blood.

It's like hell in here.

There are holes cut by sharp knives everywhere, from the thick vault door to the surrounding walls and ceiling, and broken limbs.

The young man whose hair was dyed with frost, seemed to be in poor health. He covered his lips gracefully and coughed lightly.The Black Lizard, the most ferocious militant faction affiliated to the Port Mafia, waited respectfully at the door, and bowed their heads uniformly to salute the visitors.

In the messy room stood the chiefs and cadres of the port mafia.

The unintentional evil dog of the port mafia bowed slightly, "Mr. Dazai, Mr. Ranpo, that's all. I will follow my instructions and leave these rats alive. Are you going to send them to the torture class?"

"Mr. Ranpo?" Dazai looked at Ranpo.

Luanbu looked down and narrowed his eyes again: "No, you won't survive long if you send it to the torture class, why not leave it to Dr. Xie Ye."

"Yes." Akutagawa agreed.

After Zhongyuan Zhong also sealed off the outside, he walked into the room and took a look. He couldn't help but clicked his tongue and raised his eyebrows with disdain.

"That's it?"

It is not uncommon for the leader to send Black Lizards to destroy organizations that offend the port mafia's majesty.But I don't know if it was Dazai's intention. The middle contact chose Akutagawa. In order to show his hand in front of the teacher whom he hadn't seen for a long time, Akutagawa also followed the black lizard.Ozaki Koye was alarmed by the actions of the martial arts faction, and all members of the torture squad were on standby.

Naturally, Zhongyuan Zhong also heard the news, and was so frightened by them just after returning from a business trip.He thought that the mackerel was doing something wrong while he was not in Yokohama, so he came over to take a look worriedly, but he didn't expect to spend so much time just to clean up a group of miscellaneous fish.

The leader didn't immediately respond to his question, but just pondered for a moment, and then asked the think tank: "Mr. Ranpo, have we lost all dignity recently?"

Seeing that the matter has been resolved, and the store manager and Xie Ye have taken care of it, it will be a matter of time before the order of the store is restored.Ranbu no longer put on a frightening expression, and lazily responded: "You want to eliminate the power, it is indeed time to rectify it, the crime rate in Yokohama has risen recently, I really don't know what they are doing... um , I will send the list to Mr. Hat when I go back, and call the police after cleaning up."

"Oh? Does the Armed Detective Agency want to get the medal for outstanding enterprise issued by the government?" Dazai made a harmless joke. What about the Armed Detective Agency?"

Akutagawa said angrily: "A self-employed man in the Armed Detective Community District, He Dehe can cooperate with the port mafia—"

Under Dazai's voice, Akutagawa seemed to have forgotten the occasion, and even more forgotten that the Armed Detective Agency was run by Mr. Ranpo.When mentioning the Armed Detective Agency, the first thing he thought of was Rentora sent by Mr. Dazai, and his application to join the agency was brutally rejected-shame!It's a disgrace!

Before he could finish his words, he was reprimanded by Zhongyuan Zhongye in public: "Shut up, there is no place for you to speak, it's from the guerrillas. This is in front of the leader, so please respect your attitude!"

Akutagawa withdrew unwillingly.

This small episode did not affect the communication between Ranpo and Dazai.

"That kind of false name is useless. As long as there is Mr. Ranpo in the detective agency, the title of No. 1 detective in the world is not for nothing!" Is it more likely to be rated? After all, I paid taxes on time."

What Luanpo said did not go wrong.

The port mafia is a major taxpayer in the local area. Originally, because of the nature of the enterprise, the government would avoid them every time it selected awards.And the mafias naturally don't care about this award. Rather, how can the underworld be willing to receive such an honor?

Unexpectedly, this year the Prime Minister changed to Mori Ogai.

"Dazai-kun, please do well in the future."

"Mr. Mori, please take care of me in the future."

Holding the big bronze medals of "Civilized Youth" and "Excellent Enterprise" and holding the big bronze medals of "Civilized Youth" and "Excellent Enterprise", the two people who uphold the belief of "harming each other" stood in front of the national live media flashlights and showed business-like smiles together. They looked very similar.

Seeing this scene in front of the TV, Luanbu made a "poof" and sprayed out the crumbs of the potato chips he had just chewed, which made Fukuzawa Yukichi frown.

"Random steps."

"I know! I'll clean it up!" Ranpo wiped his mouth, raised his face and smiled at Fukuzawa Yukichi, "I'm looking forward to the New Year! Can I see Mr. Mori report to the Emperor?"

Fukuzawa Yukichi: "..."

He thinks Mori Ogai is miserable, really.

Ranpo's love is too strict.