Lost Lord Ranbu

Soaking in hot springs is indeed an activity that helps to relax the body and mind, allowing the whole person to calm down and concentrate on feeling the changes in the body. This is the way to recuperate in hot springs.

But in most cases, only elderly people will enjoy the tranquility of this moment, like Ranpo - he just likes to soak in the water and play with the whole person, and the open-air hot spring is a water park in his eyes. You can put more than [-] little yellow ducks, the kind where everyone has a water fight together.

"This is really fun!" The young Atsushi Nakajima also had a great time, except for being praised by Mr. Dazai, he has never been so relaxed as he is now.

For Atsushi Nakajima, there wasn't much entertainment in the port mafia days, but it was better than the orphanage, and there was nothing to complain about.He has been running around for the task, humble and sensible, many times people forget that he is just a child, and he will show such a smile.

"Really? Huh..." Luanbu responded with a smile, while allowing the little yellow duck in his hand to suck up enough water, and unexpectedly sprayed the black lizard's leader, Guangjin Liulang, all over his face.

Mr. Hirotsu, who had been enjoying the bliss of life with his eyes closed, was suddenly hit by a splash of water. He was shocked instantly and fell back.

"Mr. Hirotsu?"

"It's okay." Guangjin firmly supported the stone wall and coughed lightly.

"Ranbu, stop making trouble." Oda Sakunosuke came forward to restrain Ranbu. It is normal for children to like to play with water. He was attacked by water guns several times when he was helping the children take a bath, but he was disturbed when he was in the hot spring. Others are not so good.

Ranpo replied confidently: "Oda Tsukuru, don't worry so much when you come out to play! The most important thing is to be happy, anyway, no one else will see it, right?"

Guangjin took off the towel above his head and wiped the water stains on his face, and echoed respectfully: "Mr. Ranpo is right, since you are here to relax, you don't have to worry about your image, just have fun."

Oda Sakunosuke felt very helpless, it was because everyone indulged Ranpo so much that Ranpo became so arrogant.

Guangjin Liulang didn't feel offended. Although he was the most experienced old man among those present, he was not the only one who had served two generations of leaders.

Ranpo Edogawa was recommended to join the Port Mafia at the age of 15, and soon climbed to a high position by virtue of his own ability, and was appreciated by the previous leaders.

Four years later, the former leader "died of illness", and Mori Ogai, who was a private doctor, came to power, which caused a lot of dissatisfaction.At that time, Edogawa Ranpo, who was already one of the five major cadres, took the lead in standing in support of Mori Ogai, and this quickly stabilized the position of the current leader.

Guangjin Liulang has worked with Ranpo far longer than others. Of course, he knows this cadre better than others, so he respects Ranpo more.

even if...

Ranpo, who is 27 years old this year, played with rubber ducks in the hot spring, and even made his face wet.

Just as Guangjin was recalling the past, Ranpo suddenly stopped playing with his hands, and those cold emerald eyes pierced through the steaming white mist of the hot spring, staring straight at a certain water surface.

"What's wrong, Ranpo?" Oda Sakunosuke asked.

"Hmm..." Luanbu pondered for a moment, thought for a while, and gave a confusing answer, "It's probably Dazai."

"Dazai?"

Speaking of which, Dazai hadn't been seen since just now. This elusive man gave up his job as a scorekeeper in the middle of the table tennis match, and wandered off somewhere.

Before Oda Sakunosuke had time to think about it, he saw a series of bubbles appearing on the surface of the water, and then, a black head popped out—no, it should be said that it was a "corpse" floating up.

"Wow! What is this?" Atsushi Nakajima was surprised.

All the people present were mafias who were used to seeing corpses, but they were still taken aback by the sudden surface of the male corpse.

"Corpse?!"

Oda Sakunosuke was silent for a moment, lifted the head of the unidentified floating corpse out of the water, and brushed away the wet black hair for everyone to see: "It's not a corpse, it's Dazai, and it's still alive."

Dazai puffed up his cheeks unhappily after being pinched, this expression deformed his face a bit.

After making sure that Dazai was still conscious and not drowning, Oda Sakunosuke let go of the shackles on him, and Dazai slid down for a while as if he had no bones.

"Mr. Dazai, are you okay!" Nakajima Atsushi didn't care about playing with ducklings anymore, so he hurried over to check on Dazai's situation.

"Mr. Dazai—"

At the same time, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, who was wearing only a thin shirt, rushed in. If his coat hadn't been stripped off, his fierce expression seemed to be trying to tear the sliding door for partition.

A burst of chaos.

"How long have you been in the water?"

"About... 10 minutes?" Dazai smiled.

"10 minutes! Wouldn't that be underwater before we came..." Atsushi Nakajima said incredulously, "Can a living person really hold their breath underwater for 10 minutes?"

"You don't have to worry about Dazai's vitality. This guy is similar to a cockroach, and he will never drown in the hot spring." It was Nakahara Chuya who had just entered the hot spring range.

He was just busy persuading Akutagawa to take a bath, and forced him to take off his coat. Who would have thought that Akutagawa didn't need to be escorted at all, as long as he heard "Mr. The moth-to-flame pose is like throwing catnip into the water. The temptation for cats is far greater than the fear.

Not to be outdone, Dazai fought back: "Huh? A mere slug, who actually comes to soak in the hot springs, isn't it afraid of being melted?"

"Do you think I want to get into this pot of mackerel soup? If the leader didn't ask me to supervise Akutagawa's bath, I wouldn't want to stay in the same place with you." Zhong Yuanzhong said angrily.

"Then don't come down." Dazai stuck out his tongue at him.

"You bastard!"

Everyone else is used to the daily quarrel between the two black partners, even if they fight, it is a common occurrence, but this time it is more special.

Both of them were shirtless except for a towel around their waists.

Even if Dazai is wrapped in bandages, Nakahara still has a hat that cannot be separated from his body, but neither of these two iconic accessories can replace formal clothes to cover their bodies.

If you fight, the scene is really not very good.

"Both cadres should calm down a little bit." Mr. Guangjin coughed, and politely stopped a war. "In this case, since everyone is facing each other naked, why don't you be more honest with each other?"

Nakahara pointed at Dazai angrily: "What kind of naked confrontation is this? Even if this guy takes a bath, he still has bandages on his body!"

"The bandage is a part of my body." Dazai said confidently, "Has Chuna come in wearing a hat? As expected of a half-human tall hat rack, you have to wear a hat even in the bath!"

"The bandage waste machine is not qualified to blame me!"

Seeing that a new round of quarrel was about to break out between the two, he fiddled with the little yellow duck floating in front of him, and suggested, "In such a wide bathhouse, why not swim? You will use swimming to decide the outcome?"

Mr. Ranpo, you should stop too!

The same plea was sent out in the heart of most people.

Nakahara Nakaya, who had calmed down, finally remembered his mission. He ignored Dazai who had been provoking him, and grabbed Akutagawa who was trying to stay away from the hot spring quietly.

Akutagawa struggled for a while, and found that he couldn't break free from the shackles of the first-class physical master of the Shanghai Port Mafia.

"Don't even think about sneaking out and dipping your toes in the water, does that count as taking a bath?" Zhong Yuanzhong also had a grim expression.

Akutagawa showed a vigilant look, coupled with the unwashed cat beard, it looked like a wild cat that was threatened to blow its fur.

In the next second, Akutagawa, who hadn't even finished taking off his clothes, was forcibly thrown into the hot spring by Nakahara Nakaya, causing a splash of water.

"Soak it in for me, you're not a child anymore, don't let me say such things." Nakahara Nakaya stood on the shore and said condescendingly.

He didn't feel that he was venting his anger, it was just a coercive measure to complete the task assigned by the leader.

Akutagawa floated up without saying a word, his hair was hanging wet on his sides, and he had a straight face, looking dissatisfied with the wet environment.He felt insecure, and he didn't bother to move by himself, so he just kept a rigid posture and didn't change it.

Luanbu raised his hand and placed the little yellow duck on Akutagawa's head, and it landed steadily on it without falling off. He clapped his hands happily: "Oh? Very good. Akutagawa, just keep it like this for 10 minutes?"

Akutagawa moved his lips, as if he wanted to express his disapproval.

Dazai smiled narrowly, he rarely smiled at Akutagawa, and even if he did, it was only with coldness and contempt.

"Then, just do as Mr. Ranpo said!" The kite-colored eyes looked over lightly, "Akutagawa-kun, how is it? Can you do it? This is an order from the cadre."

Akutagawa's heart tightened.

Before he could answer, the voice of Akutagawa's deputy Higuchi Kazuyo came from the women's bath separated by two floors of bamboo walls: "Senior! Come on!"

She was probably hanging on the wall to eavesdrop, otherwise how could she know the situation here so well, and she could interrupt at the right time—and what she said, Akutagawa didn't like to listen very much.

"It's so noisy, Higuchi!" Akutagawa raised his volume and shouted angrily, "It's not your turn to talk!"

"Yes, sorry!"

Akutagawa calmed down for two seconds, touched the top of his head, and made sure that the duckling he put on was still on top of his head before he heaved a sigh of relief: "Of course I can, it's just a mere..."

But no matter how you look at it, Akutagawa's expression seems to be death-defying, and even Atsushi Nakajima, who is at odds with him, feels a little sympathetic to him.However, Atsushi Nakajima's redundant sympathy was quickly transferred to himself, because Ranpo hadn't forgotten about swimming in the hot spring.

"Dun Jun, don't you want to swim? It's fun." Ranpo said.

Even though he was young, Atsushi Nakajima knew that swimming in the hot spring was unreasonable and would definitely disturb other people. However, he didn't want to spoil Ranbu's interest, so he hesitated for a while.

"It doesn't matter, Dunjun. As long as you are happy, you have to have a good time when you come out to play anyway!"

"really?"

"That's right!" Dazai nodded in a serious manner, "Or... Dun-kun can't swim?"

"I will." Atsushi Nakajima would never say "no" in front of Dazai, "Mr. Ranpo, then I will make a fool of myself!"

Ranpo smiled and typed the preparatory password.

"Then, get ready—begin!"

Atsushi Nakajima plunged into the hot spring water.

When he swam back and forth twice with the three strokes and raised his head again, he found that the people around him were far away.

Zhong Yuanzhong, who was taking off his hat and shaking after being drenched in water, also looked over expressionlessly: "Have you played enough?"

Atsushi Nakajima: "...Sorry!!!"

In order to avoid the splash of hot water due to the large swimming movements, Ranpo and Dazai went ashore early, talking to each other: "Oh, Atsu-kun is really an honest boy."

"Innocent, that's nice."

"Want to have a drink later, Mr. Ranpo."

"Oh? Let's go."