Lost Lord Ranbu

"I'm Edogawa Ranpo!"

High school student detective Shinichi Kudo, a primary school student whose current alias is "Edogawa Conan", has complicated feelings after hearing this name.

how to say?

It is both unexpected and reasonable.

Edogawa Ranpo is not a common name at all. It is the pen name of Mr. Taro Hirai, which is taken from the Japanese homonym of American writer Edgar Allan Poe.If the name is Ranpo, the first impression will easily make people think of the surname Edogawa.

In other words, are there really parents in this world who name their children "Edogawa Ranpo"?

Conan thought that his name "Edogawa Conan" was a product of impromptu chaos. He didn't expect that "Edogawa Ranpo" appeared in front of him, and he claimed to be his real name. How obsessed he must be Why would mystery novels use the name that followed their child's life as the pen name of the author of the mystery novel?

If the other party hadn't said that his parents had died early, Conan would really have said something inappropriate——

Such sloppy parents really do exist!

"Hey, Kudo." The young man seemed to have finished reading the novel in his hand, closed the page and called out Conan's real name, "Your novels here are quite interesting."

"Speculative fiction is inherently interesting."

Ranpo caressed the cover noncommittally.

He had already read a lot of mystery novels in the afternoon written by the writer with the same name and surname as himself. Some events were indeed similar to what he had encountered, but there were also many differences.

For example, the "Yin Beast"——

The heroine of the story, Shizuko Oyamada, who is suspected of murdering her husband, did commit a crime in the incident that Ranpo personally experienced, just as the last reasoning in the book.

She will make such a meticulous murder arrangement, and successfully avoid the suspicion of the police with a double identity, and Dazai's handwriting is indispensable.Rokuro Koyamada is a well-known industrialist from out of town. He tried to reach out into the outside world, but he didn't understand the local rules of Yokohama. In order to teach him a lesson, Dazai approached his wife Shizuko Koyamada.

In fact, Shizuko Oyamada is not a fuel-efficient lamp, that woman does have some skills.

It's just that for some reason, when she cleared her suspicions and was about to receive a large inheritance, the widow committed suicide by diving into the water.The body drifted down the river to the port, and was salvaged by passers-by early in the morning. Even with pale skin, one could still see the shocking beauty before birth.

Dazai seemed a little regretful, and in a blink of an eye, he tried to jump into the same river with great interest, starting a new round of suicide diving experience.

—Of course, it didn't work out.

Chaos is not happy.

He didn't know why he was unhappy.

As described in "Yin Beast", Shizuko Koyamada is a very interesting woman, representing the author's own protagonist "I" having an affair with this young widow.It is undeniable that Ranpo does have some interest in Shizuko Koyamada, but he cares more about the entanglement between people than the life of that woman——

So, why did Shizuko Oyamada commit suicide?

Luanbu looked down at "Black Lizard" on the cover of the novel, and said casually: "The world of adults is really difficult to understand."

Conan, who couldn't keep up with his train of thought: "...you are an adult yourself!"

Black Lizard, the port mafia operation unit, its strength is comparable to that of the special forces, even among the mafia fighters, it can be called brutal, and its methods are extremely cruel.

Among the black lizards, the leader is Guangjin Liulang, the centurion leader. He is already an old man who has experienced changes in the port mafia and served two generations of leaders.At this time, this old-fashioned gentleman was leaning against the wall with a tired expression, lighting a cigarette for himself.

A little spark lit up in the dark, and a long sigh was accompanied by lingering smoke.

Usually, he only smoked one after the mission was successfully completed, but now this cigarette is purely for refreshing.

Throughout the night, the black lizard ran around Yokohama.

Even in the daytime, the Black Lizard, which was only active in the dark, still didn't restrain itself. Even the guerrillas directly under the leader of the port mafia began to take action, and all members were under martial law.

Outsiders didn't know what happened, but thought that the port mafia would make a big move.After several years of development after the change of leaders, the port mafia has become so powerful that even the government is quite afraid. No one can stop them from doing what they want to do.For a moment, people were in panic, and they were even cautious in speaking, for fear of running into the bad luck of the port mafia.

Inside the port mafia, those who knew were even more nervous.

After all, "the brains of the port mafia are missing", just saying this proposition makes people feel desperate.

Zhong Yuanzhong, who made a mistake in his security work, has already been severely punished by the leader. Not to mention his status as a cadre, if it weren't for the lack of manpower, he would probably have to be locked up in the confinement room of the cadre Ozaki to reflect.And another cadre, Osamu Dazai, got the oracle of silver in the morning, and under the order of the leader, he gathered the power of the entire port mafia to search for the missing cadre Edogawa Ranpo on a large scale.

After searching for a day and a night, the black lizard almost dug up the whole of Yokohama, but still couldn't find any traces of Edogawa's chaos, as if it had completely disappeared from this world.

This is almost impossible.

As we all know, the cadre Edogawa Ranpo Zhi is more like a demon, with amazing insight, able to perceive the truth through false appearances.He is also the leader of the port mafia's major action plan, and his shadow is indispensable in every move of the port mafia, and he is an indispensable pillar.

With such a precious talent and important status, Edogawa Ranpo himself does not have any supernatural ability to protect himself, so he will naturally be coveted.Therefore, Edogawa Ranpo is usually strictly protected, but even so, it is still inevitable to be hijacked by hostile forces.

although--

Most of the time, Luanpo was caught "voluntarily".

Sometimes he wants to set himself up and risk himself in order to gain more benefits, or simply because staying in the office is too boring, he wants to go out and take risks to find excitement.

Wayward cadres will step on the bottom line of everyone's tolerance, and on the premise of ensuring their own safety at a minimum, they will do some scary actions to deliberately attract the attention of others.

In either case, Chaos had been expected.

He will leave some messages in advance so that the port mafia can find him, and even to add fun to the process, he will deliberately set up some puzzles, like the levels of puzzle-solving games. Togawa Ranpo-style entertainment.

But this time it's different—

Ranpo left no message and disappeared at the station out of thin air.

There is no entry and exit record, no surveillance footage, and no passerby even has an impression of him, as if his traces have been erased.

On the one hand, it can be considered that the situation this time was an emergency, and even Edogawa Ranpo didn't expect it, and was directly robbed; from another perspective, avoiding surveillance and clearing traces, these are The basic anti-reconnaissance skills in the other world.It is only possible that Edogawa Ranpo himself did it to make the port mafia completely unable to find anyone and make the whole of Yokohama uneasy.

By this time, no one believed that Ranpo Edogawa was simply "lost", and there were even rumors that "that adult ran away by himself".

If this matter is not handled properly, it will undoubtedly have a great impact on the port mafia.

"Have you found it yet?" Guangjin asked.

The two ten leaders shook their heads.

Guangjin Liulang dropped the cigarette butt, stepped on his leather shoes, and slowly crushed the spark. He ordered in a low voice: "Continue to search, expand the scope of the investigation, and search along the train route. Check for suspicious persons, including aliens who have recently entered the country." capable."

"Yes!"

The black lizards got the order and quietly sank into the darkness.

After the ten-man leader led the team to evacuate, Guangjin Liulang looked into the darkness with a respectful expression.

"Mr. Dazai."

In the depths of the alley, a figure appeared vaguely, tall and thin, almost blending into the darkness.

From just now, this man called "Mr. Dazai" by the centurion has been leaning in the darkest corner, holding a literature book in his hand, listening to the information brought back by the black lizards without saying a word.He doesn't need to use words to prove his existence, just standing there brings deep oppression.

"Although I'm happy to see Zhong Ye being punished by the leader, it's still troublesome to find Mr. Ranpo..."

Unexpectedly, it was an extremely young voice.

If it weren't for someone who knew the inside story, it would probably be inconceivable to see the Black Lizard's notorious centurion so respectful to a young man.

But the fact is that--

Dazai Osamu, the youngest cadre in the history of the port mafia, this man single-handedly established a list of great achievements in darkness and blood, and sat on this position relying on brains and tricks.

Ranpo can see the truth, but he does whatever he wants and is very straightforward. If a subordinate makes a mistake, he may be saved when Ranpo is in a good mood.

Dazai is scheming and better at controlling people's hearts, like a cat playing with a mouse, driving people into a corner of despair step by step.

Compared with the former, the latter is undoubtedly worse and dreadful.

Because of this, there is a saying in the Mafia: "For Dazai's enemies, the greatest misfortune is that the enemy is Dazai."

"As of this afternoon, there have been more and more false rumors about Mr. Luanpo. It seems that someone is behind the scenes to fuel the flames, just to find out a batch of disobedient miscellaneous fish..." The young cadre said to himself talking.

"Mr. Guangjin also finds it very troublesome, right? After all, Black Lizard's top action advisor is lost. Losing his mind, the lower torso will start to fail. It's too disrespectful." His voice became more and more ethereal, with Some kind of cold hint.

Hirotsu was silent for a while, and replied cautiously: "Just cut off the disobedient hands and feet. As for Mr. Ranpo... I also ask Mr. Dazai to conduct an investigation as soon as possible to ensure the safety of Mr. Ranpo. We will fully cooperate."

"of course."

There was a soft "snap", and there was the sound of pages closing in the darkness.

It was the thick-covered book that Dazai had been holding in his hand all the time, and he didn't know how he read it in such a dark situation, maybe he simply opened the book and placed it in his hand at will.

"Mr. Ranpo will be right back."