Lost Lord Ranbu

Ranbu finally experienced what it was like to ride a silver wolf.

Different from the vague feeling in the dream, he couldn't help but feel a little weird that this kind of touch could land on the ground when he pressed his hand.

Sure enough, the biggest difference between "Edogawa Ranpo" in the main world and him is that the people he met when he was poor were different—the former met the bodyguard Fukuzawa Yukichi, while he met the doctor Mori Ogai.

From that moment on, Edogawa Ranpo's life has produced different branches, and even the world line has changed, and the cause and effect after that are all related to him.It's no wonder that Dazai avoided talking about the main world. If Ranbu was not there, the world over there would not be able to maintain a stable operation.

The safe return of the two chiefs quickly subsided the chaotic situation.

There are not many people in the Armed Detective Agency, and Fukuzawa Yukichi called back all the members who violated his order and acted outside with one phone call.

Mori Ogai issued a notice to high-level cadres, and only let the guerrillas directly under the leader and the Black Lizard of the fighting faction be on standby.There are many members of the port mafia, and no one knows which low-level member was threatened by the Russians as a traitor. It is better to conceal the fact that the leader is safe and sound for the time being.

The unified command was handed over to Osamu Dazai, because he has connections with both factions, and now no one cares whether he is a traitor or not, and only he can understand the thinking of the Russians.

The members of the Armed Detective Agency hurriedly arrived at the agreed place to gather, and suddenly found that Ranpo was standing with the president, and couldn't help being very surprised.Their previous plan was to drag Chuya Nakahara with Ranpo, and the rest of them would forcefully break into the port mafia building. They thought that Ranpo would delay until the end of the matter, but they had already come out of the mystery novel.

"Did Mr. Ranpo come back so soon?"

"Great, Mr. Ranpo is fine, is it fun in mystery novels?"

"Mr. Ranpo is truly worthy of you! You can single-handedly hold back the most powerful force of the Port Mafia, and return unscathed."

Everyone walked around chaotically, but kept a certain distance, and praised one after another.

"Of course, I am Edogawa Ranpo after all." Ranpo said without hesitation, shaking the mystery novel in his hand, "This kind of case is not difficult for a famous detective, but Mr. Hat I have to stay in the book for several days."

Ellen Poe, who followed him, was very disturbed. He always felt that Edogawa-kun seemed to be deliberately inducing other people to let the armed detective agency treat him as Ranpo-kun.

Facts have proved that as long as he thinks about it randomly, he can completely prevent others from discovering the abnormality.

As long as you observe other people's behaviors, conversations and words towards you a little bit, you can make the most natural response accordingly.As for whether the topic can be kept on track, since we already know the cause and effect of the matter from Edgar Allan Poe, isn’t the only thing left to do is the word “let nature take its course”?

In fact, Ranpo didn't even bother to pretend, he just had to treat the group of armed detective agencies as bodyguards of the port mafia, and he could use them at will.

The others didn't notice anything unusual at all, because the attitude of the pillar of the detective agency was usually like this.

Even if someone (specifically Osamu Dazai) has doubts about Ranpo, he will not directly express his opinion, because it is impossible for two identical people to appear in the world—unless it is caused by supernatural powers.

Of course, this possibility has been ruled out after Osamu Dazai seemingly unintentionally walked around.If the Ranpo in front of him was the product of supernatural powers, then the moment Osamu Dazai, who possesses the "disqualification in the world", touched him, he should have disappeared.

"Oh, this is really..." Osamu Dazai withdrew his hand touching Ranbu, his eyes became a little strange.

"What's wrong, Dazai?" Ranpo pretended not to know, flipped through the mystery novel in his hand, and dealt with him, "If you can't stand still, why don't you ask Kunikida to bring you a wheelchair."

"No, nothing." Osamu Dazai smiled again.

He was ambushed by the Russians before, shot in the abdomen, and was discharged from the hospital shortly after the operation for arrest operations.The appearance looks the same as usual, but his face is paler.

"Has Mr. Ranpo changed into new clothes?" Dazai's question was neither painful nor itchy, and the others didn't seem to notice anything unusual, they just thought it was Ranpo who changed clothes.

"Are the clothes nice?"

Luanbu's lukewarm rhetorical question made Osamu Dazai completely lose the idea of ​​continuing to ask.He had already confirmed that the Edogawa Ranpo in front of him was not the one he knew, and he would not be able to ask any more questions, so he might as well whisper to Edgar Allan Poe next to him.

Osamu Dazai tactfully walked away.

Ranpo still looked down at the mystery novel.

The most difficult thing to deal with in the armed detective agency is Osamu Dazai. Ranpo appeared unabashedly in a black trench coat, not afraid of the attitude of this former port mafia cadre.

On the one hand, he was convinced that Osamu Dazai would not do anything to him, and on the other hand, it might be because he didn't care about his identity as he imagined.

Unlike what Edgar Allan Poe was worried about, Ranpo didn't really think about appearing as a substitute for "Edogawa Ranpo", he didn't need to make it so complicated.If you are really interested in playing this kind of role-playing game, why not just be more ruthless, kill yourself in this world to avoid future troubles, and then replace yourself?

But what's the point?

Luanbu sneered at this kind of foolish behavior as early as three years old.

Besides, I have better ones, why should I grab them?

That being said, it's quite interesting to tease Mr. Po a little bit, and he hasn't figured out the world yet. The port mafia is not as big as his own, so the expedition to the armed detective agency is essential After all, he himself has never seen an armed detective agency!

The detective game I always wanted to play before Ranpo failed twice, but I didn't expect it to be really feasible in this world.

In this world, I and Fukuzawa Yukichi have established a detective agency that can compete with the port mafia, and they are already a well-known detective. It is annoying to think about it.

Ranpo never admits who he will lose to, not even "Edogawa Ranpo".

He has already made up his mind, and he will pull Mr. Mori to set up a detective agency when he goes back—of course, under the banner of the port mafia—since Edogawa Ranpo and Fukuzawa Yukichi in this world can do it, Then he and Mr. Mori must be able to do it too!

In fact, the few people who are familiar with Ranpo in the port mafia don't quite understand why Ranpo always inexplicably puts great expectations on Mr. Mori. Before Ranpo, he even wanted Mr. Mori to become the emperor. It was enough to make Dazai laugh uncontrollably. Ranpo said that he wanted to set up a detective agency, and Dazai would definitely agree.

Armed detective agencies are still busy raiding Russian strongholds.

Kunikida has already escaped from the mental blow that the Russians gave him, and it would be too shameful for him not to cheer up in front of the president. He sorted out the current information and made a summary: "Dazai has received the cracked by Hanakou-san. Chip, will now take Atsushi and Akutagawa to Fyodor's stronghold, and they will be responsible for the breakthrough. The others will do a good job of monitoring, and the helicopter is already on standby... Where is Mr. Ranpo?"

Luanbu has never been required to go out to the field, as long as he is responsible for directing behind the scenes.What's more, whether the famous detective goes out or not depends entirely on his mood, and no one else needs to make arrangements for him.

Kunikida asked one more question habitually, and unsurprisingly got the answer of "No, I have something to do".

The others quickly received the order, packed up their things and set off, but Osamu Dazai stayed a little longer.

"In the mine?" He suddenly asked without thinking.

"No." Ranpo replied flatly.

Dazai blinked his eyes, yes, if it were him, he would not be able to trap himself in the mine—unless he dug a tunnel below to leave a way to escape, otherwise he would be helpless after being surrounded in the mine .

But the structure of this mine is completely unsuitable for digging tunnels, and it will easily collapse if you are not careful.It's good to use the supernatural ability of the earth element, but if it's that Russian...

He doesn't trust anyone but himself.

"Then remote command?" Dazai asked again.

"radio."

"But there is Mr. Hanako..."

"Idiot, the radio station broadcasts the pre-agreed code, and Huadai cannot decipher the order from it." Luanbu flipped a page of the novel in his hand, and replied without raising his head.

"I see." After getting the information he wanted, Osamu Dazai squinted his eyes and laughed, "Then is it the weather forecast? Traffic conditions? Or a symphony?"

"symphony."

Osamu Dazai showed a thoughtful expression, took out his mobile phone and made a call, and soon ran out alone.

Only then did Luanbu put down the mystery novel in his hand, looked at Ellen Poe, who had been silent all this time, and complained with a drawn out voice: "Mr. Poe, this novel did not meet expectations at all. I feel that the case is too simple, but It’s just a lot of people, and a lot of quantity doesn’t mean high quality.”

Originally, I wanted to take advantage of no one to ask me what I wanted to do, but when I was suddenly asked by the reader, Edgar Allan Poe, the author of the mystery novel, was taken aback, and suddenly he was at a loss: "Really? This mystery novel is really very interesting. Are you bored?"

"Ah, I'm not saying it's boring..." Luanbu scratched his hair, "The exchanging and killing people in it is quite interesting, but the exchanging of 12 people is the limit, and in reality, it is impossible to find so many people to carry out the plan." Why don't you think about how to insert other plots into it, if it is more difficult, it will be more interesting?"

But let’s forget it this time, after all Mr. Hat is still inside.

Luanbu thought.

"Well, but for Ranpo-sama, it just takes a little longer!"

"I see! If that's the case..." A flash of inspiration came to Poe's mind, and Poe wished he could immediately take out a pen and paper, and write down everything that came to his mind.

Ranbu looked at him with a smile.

Suddenly, Ranbu seemed to notice a strange fluctuation in the sky, and subconsciously looked up.

Is it magic?

There should be no concept of magic in this world.

The sky in Yokohama was still blue, but a huge cloud that floated from nowhere blocked most of the sky, casting a large shadow on the city below.

Edgar Allan Poe saw it too.

"That cloud..." He hesitated, "Is the city in the sky inside?"

"Pfft."

"...Edogawa-kun, are you laughing at me?"

"I'm not laughing at you. Everyone in kindergarten will think so. After all, it's such a big cloud."

"..."