Late night eatery in Yokohama

-Grilled rice balls with soy sauce (final)-

According to Edogawa Ranpo's reasoning, the wilderness witch's lair is in the wasteland in the southeast.

There is no grass growing there, only a pile of yellow-gray sand and scorched bushes...

While it was still early, and the return to Yokohama was imminent, everyone unanimously decided to set off immediately.On the way, Chuya Nakahara asked if the location given by Edogawa Ranpo could be more specific. It would be very troublesome if he took a detour.

"Oh~ Is it my turn to be a detective again? Although it's interesting to observe Mr. Hat's unconscious appearance, but don't forget--"

Ranbu narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Even the world's number one detective will fall asleep when he encounters certain challenges! For example, my sense of direction is not very good."

As he spoke, he put his hands behind his forehead easily, with a sense of self-consciousness and added that he felt good about himself.

"Yes." Cage Island Green obediently raised a hand, "Well...I can prove this."

"Huh?!" Nakahara Chu also had black lines all over his head, and he had a bad premonition in his heart. He wanted to ask the girl what was going on, but he was interrupted by Osamu Dazai beside him as soon as he opened his mouth——

"Oh, my sense of direction is not very good? There is really no way - what a pity!"

The young black-haired young man shook his head and let out an emotion similar to an aria, but no regrets could be seen on his face.

"But, but, Ranpo-san can always guess some of the places we're going to pass through next, um... just pick the most obvious features, what does Green Sauce think?"

Nakahara Chuya clenched his fist, and the veins on his forehead were jumping happily: "...You should also give me a little bit of moderation, Dazai."

After seriously thinking about Dazai's question, Midori Kageshima turned his head to look at the famous detective: "It's ok. This small matter... for Mr. Ranpo, it should be easy for Mr. Ranpo."

Of course Luanbu can do it, and more importantly, he will not refuse his little boss.

So, unlike the indifference when facing the two men, he told Cage Island Green with high spirits that as long as they go southeast, pass a widening valley, and then enter the misty blue canyon, In a few minutes, you will almost find what you are looking for.

"Is that so—" Dazai rubbed his chin with a penetrating and strange expression, "Speaking of which, Chuya, I heard that your abilities have improved again this month?"

When he said this, the light of Kirakirka~Blingbling~ shone in his dark iris-colored pupils.

Zhong Yuanzhong, who was about to explode, also shuddered inexplicably when he saw it. For a moment, he even felt that the other party had guessed his little thoughts.

"Gu, what's none of your business? Do I need to report to you?!!! Stop talking about irrelevant things!" He frowned and stared at Dazai.

Like a cat whose tail has been trampled on, Zhongyuan Zhong also suddenly took a big step back alertly, hey, this guy is probably trying to use him as... Bah!He dares!

As a result, the minefield dance king just smiled, and suddenly stopped talking.

Ranbu nodded as if realizing something: "Well, if it really doesn't work, I will reluctantly agree with that... How are you thinking, Mr. Hat."

Zhong Yuanzhong didn't say a word.

After listening to Luanbu's words, he was still a little uneasy. Yes, he hadn't forgotten that this guy was still a road idiot in essence.Tsk, what is the concept of Lu Chi?Relying on a road idiot to guide the way isn't it equivalent to digging holes and filling them...!

What interrupted Nakahara Chuya's thoughts was the three-flowered cat in his arms. Natsume Soseki meowed non-stop when he was in deep thought. Seeing that the noise attack didn't work, the old man simply raised the cat's paw and patted it with a soft pad Nakahara Chuya's face.

"...? What are you doing... Hey!" The orange-haired young man hurriedly pulled down the meat ball that the Sanhua Mao was fumbling around, and said viciously.

"I guess Udon is comforting you." Cage Island Green looked relieved, "Maybe you fed it a small dried fish in the morning, and it is closer to you now." The girl's ending sound disappeared in undisguised envy, "well..."

"..." What else could he say?What else can I say? ?Hugging the restless Sanhuamao, Zhongyuan Zhong was "like sitting on pins and needles", he tried to change the subject: "Then we--"

"Wait." The black-haired young man who was originally as quiet as a chicken suddenly curled his lips in dissatisfaction, "Does Zhong also want us to go there directly like this?"

if not.A question mark slowly rose above Nakahara Chuya's head, "What are you thinking again?! Can you speak up if you have anything to say!"

"Oh, oh, it's scary, Chuya, why are you so impatient?"

"...Who is to blame?!!!"

"Don't blame who you blame."

"Blame you!! It's you, it's you, it's you!"

Green & Ranpo: "..."

Dazai's "suggestion" is simple.

Just let Nakahara Chuya "fly" over with Cageshima Green in his arms, yes, take him with Ranpo.

After listening, Zhong Yuanzhong was already full of question marks. Where is his head? Where did his head go?

Nakahara, confused, Nakaya almost wanted to break the neck of Dazai Osamu who made this suggestion, "If you want to die, how about I fulfill your wish now without going back to Yokohama?" He rubbed his fist hard Creaking, grinning ferociously.

Nonsense, it is enough for him to take Cage Island to fly alone, and the two of them can go as far as they want, is it true that he is free to fly on a passenger plane? !

"Don't forget our plan, Chuya, we must kill the witch today." As if he had expected the reaction, Dazai unhurriedly took out two candies from his pocket, smiled, "As for the weight You don’t have to worry about the problem, Ranbu and I have already asked Hal to prepare magic villain candies for us.”

The so-called small person candy, those who eat it can turn into a [-]cm small person within a specified time, and carry it with them.

"So you're already done with it, right?!" Nakahara Chuya had such an expression on his face, and couldn't help but kick Dazai fiercely.

With Zhongya's cheat, they entered the legendary wasteland in less than two hours. It is said that the castle of the wilderness witch is here.

"...this one?!"

"So ugly."

"There is indeed a wall, the difference between cloud and mud."

After landing, as if they had timed it right, Dazai and Ranpo, who had turned into ten-centimeter figures, returned to their original height at the same time. They looked at the building not far away and showed disgust at the same time.

Indeed, compared to Hal's steam castle, the castle of the Witch of the Wilderness looks more like a makeshift construction of a pile of dirty chimney pipes.

On the eve of the war, Cage Island Green took out the insulated food box that was put in the bag in the morning from his backpack, and handed out three grilled rice balls with soy sauce to everyone present, and Zhongyuan Zhong also had six, because he "worked" the most. Hard.

"Call after eating." Facing the speechless expressions of the previous few people, she explained solemnly.

After finishing the roasted rice ball three times, five times and two times, Nakahara Nakaya only felt that the power was rampaging in his body. In an instant, a wave of extremely oppressive feeling spread rapidly to the surroundings centered on him.He gave the others a "waiting" look, and saw him jumping up and roaring straight into the sky——

Behind him, Dazai Osamu smiled. He held up the rice ball with only a small bite and looked at it for a while, then lowered his eyes with interest to look at the girl with a calm face, and said slowly: "Sure enough, it's the girl." "Healing Paradise" has been integrated into the rice ball, but it's a bit beyond my expectation that Chuya's ability can be easily "strengthened". "

Cage Island Lu'an listened quietly to his long speech, then raised her head to meet the young man's deep eyes, and sighed: "Yes."

Well, I really can't hide anything from the two people beside me.The girl thought.

As long as the value is well controlled, there is a 10% low probability that the influence of "healing heaven" in food can affect people's abilities. Although she is not sure that one of the three people will be able to trigger this 10% probability, she did. Preparation is better than nothing.

Edogawa on the side ate the last bite of the rice ball in a random manner and snapped his fingers, "But not everyone can receive this kind of treatment, right, Dazai~kun."

Dazai smiled meaningfully, "Ah, it's true—not everyone can enjoy this kind of VIP treatment." He lazily dragged out the end of his voice, echoing without sincerity.

"However." Cage Island Green looked at the rickety buildings not far away, and said softly, "Four to one, it's quite exciting to think about it..."

The beloved castle was so caught off guard by the hammer that fell from the sky, and the broken stones and clods flew around for a while. Of course, the wilderness witch, who is the owner of the castle, could no longer hide in it.Angrily, a huge brick was thrown away, and the unkempt woman jumped out of it.

"It's you!" Seeing Midori and Osamu Dazai for the first time, the witch waved her hands almost angrily and made a gesture. The next second, a large group of bubbling goo quickly gathered around the collapsed ruins. Thick matter, these black mud finally turned into strange monsters that rose into the air and flew towards several people.

"Wow!? It's scary, it's scary." Dazai Osamu hugged his weak self tightly, and sighed in a hypocritical tone that couldn't be more hypocritical.

Really...a showman.Luanbu gave him a blank look.

"Ah?! It's useless to say it all!" Nakahara Chuya, who was glowing with crimson light all over his body, his face darkened. He yelled at Dazai as if he was too noisy, and then turned his head and used the scarier than ever The power instantly suppressed the oncoming enemy... It's so annoying!

The invisible force smashed the black monsters that came bravely to the ground, and they fell into the "pot" like dumplings.

"?? Is this the witch-fighting plan that you have carefully formulated?" Ryojima Midori, who was just about to raise her hand to activate the ability, took a breath, then her tone was full of doubts, and she turned her head and asked Dazai.

"Why do I feel that this is... actual combat training for Mr. Chuya alone?"

"Ah...but it's a small case, for a slug." Dazai replied perfunctorily.

"Slug, your sister!" The orange-haired young man in the distance roared angrily, and kicked "duang" hard, exploding the head of a certain monster with such force that all the pure black brains splashed out.

Knowing that Central Plains Zhong is also a troublesome character that is not easy to deal with, seeing that he is concentrating on dealing with the circle of monsters around him, the wilderness witch snorted coldly, and immediately pointed the finger at Lonely?Cage Island Green, "Why, does the newly weaned little white deer only hide behind this handsome boy to challenge?"

Yes, she directly ignored the frail-looking Luanbu and the thin arms and legs of Dazai, who was slender and thin. However, Zhong was also a thin and petite young man with a dozen fifty.

"Thank you." Cage Island Green's tone was flat, and she didn't seem to be overwhelmed by the opponent's momentum, "Woman, if you can find one, it's your skill."

puff.Dazai couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth.I feel that today's green sauce is unexpectedly fresh...

The Witch of the Wilderness looked at Nakahara Nakaya fearfully, seeing that he hadn't noticed this, the woman took a few steps forward very cautiously. "It seems that I overestimated you." As if she didn't want to be so submissive, she smiled at Lv Yin of Cage Island: "You don't know what you are doing at all, I don't come to mess with you, but you Take the initiative to come to me, hehe, interesting."

"But it's a pity, because I'm not interested in your demon power for the time being in the last battle." The witch licked the corner of her mouth, showing greed, "In a few days, a new king will be born in Ingrid, And I will be a new generation of queen and he to rule this country."

"...Your dreams are beautiful." Really unable to find words, Cage Island Green could only "praise" her like this.

"Xiao Cage Island, that woman wanted to cut off Hal's head and put it on her newly made king's body, it's disgusting." Luanbu frowned after seeing everything.

Cage Island Green's face turned cold: "I sincerely hope that you can continue to have such a beautiful dream in hell."

"You——! Hmph, you're really as virtuous as your father, with the same fake aloofness and eloquence, that bitch!" The witch choked, obviously angry.

She completely tore her face and started yelling at the girl, until she said the word "cheesy", the jealous smile on her face instantly froze.

"You...you...you did...uh! What!"

Feeling that her breathing was suddenly not smooth, the Witch of the Wilderness suddenly widened her eyes and showed panic. This suffocating feeling forced her to soften her legs, lying on the ground with a face of pain, trying hard to get along with her controlled brain. recalcitrant.

"Oh, it's your stupidity to underestimate the enemy, and it's also your stupidity for not being able to find out our abilities. You're stupid on top of that. Besides, today is your weakest time of the year. If we don't come and kill you, wouldn't it be a shame? Is it a big loss, huh?"

As always, the young black-haired young man spoke horrific words against Zhang Chunliang's face.Both inside and outside the words are satirizing the witch's previous contempt.

The weakness of the Witch of the Wilderness is actually obvious at a glance. The reason why Hal and the wizards in this kingdom find her difficult is undoubtedly because they are "too familiar."

It is true that some magic can overcome supernatural powers, but conversely, some supernatural powers can also overcome magic, especially the silent spiritual powers, which he and Ranbu analyzed.

Sure enough, the wilderness witch's face changed drastically.

"Where is my father?" No one stopped her, and Cage Island Green walked up to the immobile wilderness witch step by step, squatting down and speaking softly.

"?!" Hearing this, the Witch of the Wilderness twisted her face, "You...how did you...do it...still...looking for...that stinking man...uh!"

"My, my, father, dear, do you know where he is?" Calmly increasing the value of the power, Ryojima Midori looked down at the witch who was still trying to break free from the restraint of her brain, and gently repeated what she said just now.

"...Damn...Damn it, I...uh, I don't know!"

Finally couldn't help blurting out the answer, just when the woman felt that her consciousness was gradually coming back, and she instantly showed a surprised expression, the next second, this mighty witch saw the girl suddenly raised her hands and gently held her face, lips lightly parted, voice as light and soft as a feather—

"If you don't know, it's worthless, so please bite your tongue and kill yourself. I'm sorry...I can't let you live, but you don't deserve to die at the hands of my father and Hal. You don't deserve it."

"You are stupid. You are reaping the consequences. You are stupid because you think that Hal is worried that I will be surrounded by you and resist my incompetence, so that he relaxes his vigilance against my abilities. As everyone knows, weakness is the best protective color."

"Finally, I will return your insult to my father untouched. It is not your status as a witch that is cheap, but you yourself. You will not gain "happiness". "

Yes, when you find that everyone around you is an actor at the actor level, and every day you love to play your enemy, you will ask if you are afraid?

As the girl's voice fell, there was a dull rumble in the witch's mind. She roared unwillingly, and stretched out her hand, trying to struggle to poke the girl's eyes with sharp nails in the last few seconds——

However, at the next moment, Zhongyuan Zhong, who jumped onto the ruins of the castle at some point, had a cold expression on his face, and crushed the fire demon who wanted to escape. It belonged to this castle, and the contracted fire demon of the wilderness witch.

"Whoa-!"

With the disappearance of the fire demon, the wilderness witch who had lost her heart let out a heart-piercing scream. Her arms gradually became thin and bony, and finally turned into a pile of bones with a snap.

......

......

"...Cage Island."

Jumping off the ruins, Zhong Yuan Zhong also looked at the silent girl who was still squatting on the ground holding a pile of skeletons, and called out to her with a little worry.

"I'm fine!"

Wiping away her tears, Cage Island Green stood up and patted the dusty skirt. The moment the wilderness witch's life was ended by herself, she felt unprecedented ease.Even if she didn't find out her father's whereabouts, she still...

Eh, strange, why did the tears fall again...?

The hot tears seemed to be uncontrollable, and they fell drop by drop, "Meow ~" the leader on the shoulder, Miao Zai, suddenly came over and rubbed her face.

"Oh, ok, ok, it's finally over." Dazai's eyes turned around the girl's back, and he suddenly stepped forward and patted her on the head, smiling maliciously, "How do you feel?"

"Dazai." Ranbu who also walked forward squinted his eyes and grabbed Dazai's hand with a little force, "If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

"Hey." Dazai raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

"...It feels good. If Mr. Dazai wants to pour black mud on me, forget it." After a long time, Cageshima Green raised his head, calmly met the undercurrent in the dark-haired young man's eyes, and said with a smile: "It's a beautiful idea." , a little bit."

Osamu Dazai:? ?

Thinking of the late night cafeteria in his heart, Cage Island Green took one last look at the pile of bones, then hugged the leader, Miaozai, and closed his eyes.

everything is over...

However, after 5 minutes.

Ikebukuro, the top floor of an apartment building.

"Bam—!"

With a loud bang, a thick cloud of dust suddenly rose in the steamy room.

The black-haired young man who is cooking hot pot:? ? !

Startled for a second, he looked up at the ceiling with a big hole in it, then at the man in the suit who was smiling horribly at him, and at the girl hiding behind him who was looking around his house with a confused face. The owner of the house was from Ikebukuro. For the first time in his life, Orihara, the intelligence dealer, slowly made a bewildering call?And looked at the time.

The man in the suit smiled slightly, but in fact he had hidden murderous intentions: "Well... I'll give you three seconds, get out."

Orihara Rinya was holding a bowl: "..."

Wait, did breaking into a private house do this all these years?Orihara Rin was also stunned by the man's shameless robbery.

but.

...Looking closer, it looks familiar.