Lost Lord Ranbu

"Mr. Hat, open it for me." Ranbu handed over the empty soda bottle, and asked another cadre to work for him with a natural attitude, "I want the marbles in it."

For marble soda like this, you can easily pour out the marbles inside by unscrewing the rubber ring on the bottle mouth, but apparently Ranbu is too lazy to do such a small thing by himself.

Nakahara Nakahara has long been accustomed to the appearance of Ranpo, and was about to reach out to take it, but Akutagawa next to him took the glass bottle in his hand first.

Probably because he had just been forced to soak in the hot spring, the usually pale face of this notorious rabid dog was slightly warmed up, and his frequent coughing situation also improved a lot.

After changing his clothes and putting on the black coat again, he can use supernatural powers again, and he even can't wait to show his power in front of Ranpo, hoping to change Ranpo's impression of himself—yes, he is no longer It was Ryunosuke Akutagawa who was restricted from all actions in that hot spring and allowed himself to be slaughtered!

"It's a trivial matter, please let me do it for you." Akutagawa said in a low voice.

A black light flashed, and the sharp cloth blade cut through.

The glass bottle in Akutagawa's hand was broken into two pieces from the middle, and the cut surface was neat.

The mint green marble that fell out was caught in the palm of his hand, and he was slightly taken aback by the wet feel, and rubbed his hands a little at a loss.

Probably never done such a thing, poor consideration.After splitting the bottle with Rashomon directly, a lot of the remaining soda was poured into his hand, and there was no possibility of it drying out, but it became sticky instead.

Zhong Yuanzhong also sighed, and patted him helplessly: "Idiot, of course you have to go to the sink to get the marbles. Let's go, go and wipe your hands-Mr. Ranpo, we will take the marbles and wash them clean." I'll give it to you again, why don't you go play with Black Lizard and the others first?"

"Okay."

He turned around the corridor in disorder and opened the sliding door of the common room.

The hot spring hotel has an activity room specially opened for rest and relaxation. The black lizard has already had a drink in it, probably playing some kind of game, and the atmosphere is very lively.

"Huh? 'Our Mafia saying' Solitaire? Seems like fun." After taking their seats, Luanpo learned the rules of the game, and they were, literally, playing Mafia-style sentence solitaire.

"Is Mr. Ranpo coming to play too?" Liyuan said, because he proposed to play at first, so he became the host of the game of course, "The following should be...し(shi)."

Ranpo continued with a smile: "If you don't know, just ask Ranpo-sama! (知らなかったら, Ranpo さまに闻いみましょう!)"

"Oh, it's very suitable for Mr. Ranpo's lines!"

"That's right! Ranpo-sama knows everything!"

Everyone else clapped their hands in embarrassment.

Li Yuan: "Next, Higuchi, う(u)!"

He called out to the blond woman sitting beside him, but Higuchi didn't respond, and just sat there in a daze without speaking.

"Higuchi?"

"..."

Li Yuan stretched out his hand and waved in front of her eyes: "Hey, Higuchi, it's your turn, don't be dazed—"

As if she had just realized it, tears slowly welled up in her eyes, and before Liyuan could react, she took another gulp of strong alcohol, sobbed and began to reflect on herself: "I don't know anything about Senior Akutagawa, obviously I It's his deputy... Woohoo, after all, it's my fault that senior gets hurt, if I help him well, he won't get hurt, so I won't be hated, right?"

"Hey, hey, so this guy is the type who cries when he's drunk?" As a member of the brutal mafia, Li Yuan showed no sympathy, and even backed away with some disgust.

Drunk Higuchi didn't care about other people's eyes at all, lying on the table and crying loudly: "Woooooo, I'm sorry, please don't fire me, I will work hard!"

... This woman finally went crazy.

Li Yuan decided to stay away from her.

"So the work pressure is so great?" Ranbu asked while holding his chin.

"The job of the mafia is not very friendly to women." The old god Guangjin replied on the ground.

"Isn't Yin doing a good job? Whether it's working as a secretary on my side or as an assassin at Black Lizard."

"Silver is a gifted man."

Higuchi has less potential than Gin. She may not be suitable for this job, but she puts loyalty first and is willing to follow Akutagawa to the death. Maybe one day she will be recognized by Akutagawa.

Hiroshi thought so.

The game is still going on, trying to make Higuchi sober is hopeless, Tachihara turned to look at Oda Sakunosuke next to Ranpo: "Hey, Oda, next, う(u)!"

Oda Sakunosuke was holding a glass of distilled wine, and before he could take a sip, he was forced to join the game of Solitaire.He put down the glass helplessly, and the ice ball in the distilled wine hit the wall of the glass with a crisp sound.

"Solitaire..."

In fact, Oda Sakunosuke didn’t know the “ruthless words” that the mafia often said. He was probably the least mafia-like mafia, and he couldn’t speak. Lines with a complete picture style - "It's delicious, curry rice. (うまいですね, カレーライス.)"

Rather than saying that this is "what the Mafia often says", it is better to say that it is "Oda Sakunosuke's deep feelings", curry rice is delicious... In short, there is no shadow of the Mafia at all.

"What the hell is curry rice, does that count?" Li Yuan looked at him in disbelief.

Oda Sakunosuke, a mafia that doesn't kill people, but also adopts a bunch of orphans for charity, was originally just an inconspicuous low-level personnel, no matter how strange it was, no one paid attention to it.Because he often drank at the bar with the cadre Dazai Osamu, he has been promoted since then and was elected as an assistant to the cadre.With a superior status, Oda Sakunosuke is no longer as unknown as before, and his style of behavior that is completely inconsistent with the Mafia has also attracted the attention of many people.

Li Yuan can't say that he hates him, but he always feels that he is not very social, and now he has made him even lose interest in the game.

Li Yuan couldn't help complaining: "I said, you guys should be a little bit too much, right? Usually it's fine, but this is a solitaire game of 'the mafia often say'! It's too disappointing, Oda."

"Really?" Oda Sakunosuke picked up his glass of distilled wine again, and said with a flat expression, "Sorry, I can't remember how to say it for a while, and my mind is full of curry rice."

But Ranbu nodded in a serious manner: "As expected of Oda Saku, this answer is indeed your style."

"But--"

"Odasaku is also a mafia, he said what he often said, and he didn't violate the rules of the game." Ranpo interrupted Tachihara, "And even if Higuchi is still awake, she will probably only imitate Akutagawa and say The last sentence is 'too noisy, Higuchi'. Oh, I'm tired of hearing this."

"Well, since Mr. Ranpo said so..." Tachihara gave up the trouble of finding Oda Sakunosuke, "With such a boring person here, the game can't continue at all. Forget it, the game is over ,drink wine!"

"Then what are you going to do next?" Luanbu, who doesn't drink, played with an empty glass in boredom, "It's a leisurely time—"

Oda Sakunosuke: "Yeah, I'm free."

"You really enjoy this leisure, Odasaku!" Ranpo pouted, "If it's just drinking, then there's no need for me to sit here, so there's nothing to talk about? "

Guangjin suggested: "Mr. Ranpo, why don't you tell me about the incidents you have solved before? I am ashamed to say that we have only a half-knowledge of Mr. Ranpo's decision-making, so we can only implement it as required. If Mr. Ranpo can Explain one or two, then it would be better."

Li Yuan pricked up his ears, very curious about this: "Oh? It seems very interesting! Let's talk about it!"

"The incident that was resolved before..." Ranbu stroked his chin and thought for a while.

Because basically he doesn't bother to care about other people's affairs, Mr. Sen will answer whatever he asks him, and he will forget most of the incidents after they are resolved, so it is not easy to talk about these things.But, now that everyone is begging him to tell some stories about his experiences, there is no way.

"Oh, I really can't do anything about you, let me tell you in advance—even if you listen to my explanation, you can't become a protagonist like me. After all, deduction is a natural thing, and Lord Ranpo is a unique existence in the world." Ranbu showed a proud look.

"But——" he changed the subject, "Because I'm too busy now, let me tell you about it as a special service! Well, write it down for me, and review it a hundred times when I go back. , might become a little smarter."

His words were not polite, even a bit demeaning to others, but everyone has long been accustomed to Ranbu's character and way of speaking, and Ranbu's level of decision-making is indeed higher than others, so no one expresses dissatisfaction with this , listening intently.

"Probably several years ago? There was a theft in our commercial street. It had nothing to do with me, but a secret document was included in the stolen goods. Mr. Mori was very distressed, so this matter was handed over to In my hand, after I went to the scene, I found—" Luanbu paused slightly, whetting the appetites of others.

"What did you find?" Oda Sakunosuke asked.

Li Yuan even showed a bloodthirsty smile: "Who is the criminal? He dared to steal our documents. He must have been caught and executed, right?"

Ranpo: "It turns out that the culprits are elementary school students nearby."

Li Yuan: "..."

Guangjin coughed dryly: "Since Mr. Ranpo mentioned this matter, there must be a follow-up, right?"

If it was just elementary school students who stole the documents without knowing it, then there is no need to talk about it.When they talk about this, it is actually equivalent to the self-boasting of the Mafia. Luanbu especially likes this link, and it is impossible to just talk about the oolong incident of the elementary school students.

Sure enough, there is more to this matter.

"Of course, I went to get the documents back in person. On the way, I wanted to give a good lesson to the parents of those little devils, but when I came to the door, I found that one of them was a member of the alliance organization."

"Ok?"

"Then I ordered my subordinates—'Go search their yard, and dig three feet to find something'." Ranbu imitated his own tone in memory and gave the order, "Sure enough, a full-scale excavation was dug under the yard. The ammunition in the container happened to be the cargo that was lost before."

"Wait, why are our goods buried in their yard?" Li Yuan was a little confused, "They stole our goods?"

"Isn't that obvious," said Ranpo.

"Then how does Mr. Ranpo know that the goods are in the yard?"

"If that person has dirt marks on his body, and he looks unnatural when he sees the cadre, he should be able to tell that there is something in the yard, right?" Oda Sakunosuke guessed.

"Odasaku has learned a lot, but it's far inferior to Ranpo-sama. So I said, brains are born, and I can understand the truth in an instant." Ranpo used He said in a showy tone, "The traces on that person's body are only one of the basis for judgment, and the more important thing is—"

"What is it?"

"Half a month before the theft happened, the president of a financial company affiliated to us was killed. The city policeman in charge of this case was like a blind man, handling the case with his eyes closed. The president's wife has been arrested."

"So they caught the wrong guy?"

"Ah, because the prisoner is the president's younger brother."

"What does that have to do with our goods being hidden by the alliance organization?"

"Idiot! Because the man I saw hiding the ammunition is a prisoner! He disappeared immediately after completing his goal. He said that he went abroad, so the city police haven't figured out what happened until now."

"Then..." Oda Sakunosuke still had a lot of questions he wanted to ask, but he didn't know where to start, "What happened after that?"

"Of course my work is all settled." Ranpo said as a matter of course, "The follow-up interrogation is handed over to Dazai, and Mr. Mori is the one who decides whether to tear up the alliance agreement. These are too troublesome, I don't want to care about them at all." .”

What Oda Sakunosuke actually wants to ask is whether the innocent prisoner in the president's murder case has been released. After all, the port mafia tied the real prisoner back. The city police went there.

When he was a killer before, he was falsely imprisoned, and finally he was fished out at random steps, so he was a little concerned about this matter.

"Of course—" Ranbu said again, "I finally sorted out the evidence that the man killed his brother and sent it to the Metropolitan Police Department. The city police are so stupid that I can't stand it anymore. I am mocking their incompetence!"

So, did Ranpo clear the evidence for innocent people?

Oda Sakunosuke took a sip of the distilled liquor.

Well, good boy.