Lost Lord Ranbu

Four hours ago, Ranpo found himself crossing.

— right in the station.

Edogawa Ranpo came out together with Nakahara Chuya, and they did not arrange a vehicle to pick them up because of the secrecy of the operation.With Zhongyuan Zhong also next to him, there was no need to arrange subordinates for guards. The two of them just took the train to go on business trips in other places.

While waiting for the bus, Luanbu took a look at the suspicious man wearing a hood in the corner, and in a tone of talking about the discount on potato chips in a convenience store, he casually mentioned something to Zhong Yuanzhong beside him with his legs crossed and his eyes closed. : "Isn't that the prisoner of the recent station bombing? It's been two months, and the police haven't caught him yet."

Zhongyuan Zhongye: "..."

"Say this kind of thing earlier."

There was helplessness in the orange-haired cadre's voice. He reached out and pushed the hat covering his face back, revealing a pair of cobalt blue sharp eyes.

It's okay in normal times, they don't go out of their way to grab the police's jobs and help them arrest criminals, since they encounter them, they can't ignore them.One is because the other party destroyed the transportation hub, which affected their business in disguise, and the other was because it interfered with their travel plans, and it took seconds to solve it smoothly.

"Where?" he asked in a low voice.

Luanbu pursed his lips and pointed in a direction.

Zhongyuan Zhong also looked over alertly like a hound under orders, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, and when he saw the sneaky man, he confirmed to Ranbu again: "Is it that bastard?"

"Ah."

"I'll go back as soon as I go, you wait for me where you are, don't run around."

Ranbu nodded indifferently, trusting Mr. Hat's force value very much, a criminal who is not even a supernatural person, it would not be too difficult to knock him unconscious and throw him out.

"Mr. Hat, remember to buy oranges and come back." Looking at the billboard, he suddenly felt a craving for oranges, "I can't do without something to eat on the way!"

Zhong Yuanzhong, who had just taken a step, turned back helplessly: "Where can I find oranges for you, bear with me a little bit, and buy a bottle of orange-flavored soda for now."

"Then I'll have something else to eat."

"Children, you, don't push yourself..."

Zhong Yuanzhong is also obviously used to playing the role of Ranpo's nanny. He only complained a few words about Ranbu's order, but he didn't say he wouldn't buy it for him.

Soon, Zhong Yuan followed the suspicious man who was looking around and disappeared around the corner, Luanbu withdrew his attention, closed his eyes and planned to take a nap.

As a result, Mr. Hat, who went to buy oranges, did not come back for an hour.

Luanbu couldn't sit still.

There are no snacks, no pastimes, and Mr. Hat who can talk to him is gone. It is a miracle that Luanbu can sit here obediently for an hour without running around.

Luanbu opened his eyes and carefully observed his surroundings. His meticulous insight told him that something was wrong with the surrounding environment.

The reactions of the passengers, the flight attendants who changed shifts regularly, the changing schedule, everything except the chair I was sitting on - everything was wrong, and this place had even left the scope of Yokohama.

Ability?

Enemy attack?

Numerous possibilities flashed through Ranbu's mind, but they were rejected after a short while.

Take away all the impossible, and what remains is the truth——

He crossed.

After staying at the station for a few more hours, Ranbu, who didn't want to move, helped a female high school student solve a small incident, and got paid for a meal.

After he got the mobile phone of the female high school student, he tried to dial the emergency contact number of the Port Mafia, but was told that it was an empty number.I searched Yokohama, but found that even the landmarks were different, which further proved that my guess was correct.

Originally, he wanted to find a place to stay before making a long-term plan, but was rejected by the detective uncle. He felt that he was underestimated, and he was a little angry, but he didn't bother too much.

—A grown-up is always like this.

Luanbu, who ran out of anger, found a bench in a place with a lot of people and sat down. The marbles in his hand had already stained his body temperature.He spread his palms, stared at the glass bead for a while, thinking about the past.

It's not that he didn't do chores.

A long time ago, he had been expelled from the police academy after he had mercilessly publicized the scandalous deeds of the dormitory master.He was a student who disobeyed discipline and acted recklessly, and was completely out of touch with others at ordinary times. He did not receive any mercy when he was expelled, but on the contrary, many people fell into trouble.

After dropping out of the police academy, his father's acquaintances said that he could do nothing, and Ranpo, who lost financial support, had to find a job by himself.

But his self-care ability is really poor, and he is unwilling to do simple and mindless physical work, and he can't complete it well.And because he doesn't know how to read people's eyes in social situations, and from time to time pointed out the truth that others intend to conceal, a job can't last long, and the boss finds a reason to fire him every time.

Ranpo told Maori Kogoro that he was not suitable for washing dishes, and it was indeed because he was not good at it.

He can still think of his experience of being fired from washing dishes, which was the first job he got when he was just dropped out of school.The frequent clumsiness and breaking of plates was minor. The real reason for his dismissal was that he took an extra look at the waitress who was also helping in the back kitchen.

Ranpo deduced that the boss had an affair with her just from a single hair and the work schedule. The proprietress was furious when she found out about it, and asked someone to destroy half of the store.

As a result, Luanpo lost his first job.

Who knows if there will be any strange things in the cafe recommended by Mori Kogoro, as long as there are people, there will be weird connections between people. The cafe is opened downstairs from the detective agency. It will only make the entanglement more complicated.

Ranpo didn't know what to say and what not to say.

If you don't say it, they will be angry; if you say it, they will be angry too.

Obviously it is something that can be seen at a glance, but Ranbu thought it was something that everyone knew, and said it unconsciously, but he would be blamed in the end. I really don't understand their thinking.

Faced with Mori Kogoro's refusal, Ranpo didn't argue too much, and the other party couldn't understand anyway after explaining, not to mention that the other party had no obligation to help him.

Ranpo has known for a long time that not everyone can tolerate his temper naturally like Mr. Mao and Sister Hongye, but more like those people he met before, after he was expelled from school and dismissed, they would He ran up to himself with a stupid face and said something stupid and arrogant.

He doesn't want to find his home in a place other than the port mafia, but why is it so difficult to find a temporary foothold!

really--

Or do you have to go after someone who is "in trouble"?

Luanbu opened his eyes and looked at the people passing by. The beautiful emerald had a slightly cool color, and his eyes passed by the faces of passers-by, hardly staying for half a second.

A social animal who just lost his job, a noble lady who lost his pet, an extramarital affair investigation, a female high school student who is worried about a relationship, a foot lover... He can easily identify who can be potential customers, but he has no intention of taking action .

Ranpo is arrogant.

Although penniless, in a strange world, and cut off all contact with the port mafia, but now is not the worst situation, at least for five hours will not feel hungry, just entered the early autumn, the temperature is cold at night, sleeping in Park chairs are bearable though.

to sum up--

I will not die in a short time.

So, with wiggle room, he is choosing the client, not the client choosing him.

In the past, the one who was kicked out and couldn't afford to eat, was about to freeze to death on the side of the road, and finally cried and grabbed the doctor's trousers, saying "I'm about to die, please save me" will no longer appear. up.

He is a highly sought-after cadre, the planner of various operations of the Port Mafia, and even Dazai has to call him "Mr. Ranpo".Only when he encounters an event that he is interested in, will he open his eyes condescendingly and take a look. When is it his turn to come to sell himself?

There are many incidents on the street, but most of the commissions are very ordinary, even if they are resolved, they will not get any substantial rewards, and there is no way to solve the biggest problem they are facing now.

Ah, is there any more interesting event?

Luanbu felt a little bored after looking at it for a while, and his attention quickly shifted to the big screen outside the shopping mall, which was a real-time monitoring and projection screen of the street. Although it is not unusual to see his figure from it , but very fun.

Luanbu raised his head and found where he was, right on the edge of the screen, he moved out of the monitoring range for a while, and moved back for a while.This child-like active appearance, which is not in line with the prudence that adults should have, caused the three elementary school students beside him to whisper.

"Look, what is that big brother doing?"

In fact, Ranpo's age has already passed the range of being called "big brother", and he is not a student who has just entered the society at the age of 20. Adding seven years old is the real age of Ranpo.

It's just that because of his childish face and temperament, even the Maori father and daughter misjudged his age—or else he was under 40 when he called "Uncle" at random steps Mori Kogoro should have refuted long ago.

"You are already an adult, and you still play surveillance."

"How childish!"

The private conversations of the elementary school students who thought they were whispering had already been caught by Luanbu's ears.He squinted his eyes at the elementary school students, and pouted his lips unhappily as if he was offended.

What, it's just a bunch of brats who dare to speak ill of Lord Ranpo...

The only girl among the elementary school students talked to the fat boy who was talking, and reminded with worry: "Yuantai, don't talk about strangers casually!"

Another boy with a thinner figure looked this way, with a startled expression: "He's here! Run!"

The three elementary school students ran away in a hurry.