I who want salted fish became the leader

[If you promise him... the plot will shift. ] Heini said slowly, 【He will belong to the Armed Detective Agency in the future, an organization that is hostile to Hong Kong gangsters. 】

Sure enough, Ayatsuji would not take the initiative to do things that had nothing to do with achieving the goal. His every move had a corresponding reason, but Hei Ni had to react through the trigger reminder, and announced the task to him slowly.

[Limited time mission: Help Edogawa Ranpo

Reward: 10% plot offset]

Why is it a timed task?

Since this young man named Ranbu just stayed by the side of the road, he must have run away from home, so he must achieve his goal before his guardian finds him.

Ayatsuji re-entered the store under the staring eyes of Ranbu, and then took two bottles of wave-flavored soda from the shelf, and after paying the bill, he returned to him in a leisurely manner, bowed slightly, Pass the soda over.

Ranpo stretched out his hand to reach it, but Ayatsuji withdrew his hand, and squatted down on his knees under the other party's puzzled gaze.

"You need to go into more detail." Ayatsuji said lightly, "I can't see through you, just like you can't analyze me."

This is the intuition that belongs to the two detectives.

"Why should I tell you?"

"Because I'm very interested." Ayatsuji said, "Aren't you interested in me? If you answer, I can also reward you with a secret of mine."

"...Okay, Irene, do as you say." Luanbu said reluctantly, "I'm currently investigating a case of a serial murderer targeting teenagers, and that criminal is really hateful It's so annoying, why do you have to wait until he tries to commit a crime before you can hunt him down!"

Adults are really annoying, and the various rules in this world are also annoying.

Although Ranpo himself doesn't care whether others are dead or alive, since Fukuzawa Yukichi said that he wants to protect everyone like a detective, he also accepted this statement. Doesn't it mean that this case should be stopped as soon as possible?But why stop him with the reason of risking his life.

"Master Ranbu can't figure it out. I was beaten by the uncle in the theater before because he wanted to protect me. I understand his intentions." Ranbu muttered dissatisfiedly, "But now I just want to protect It's just someone else, why should you punish me?"

Just like what Ranpo said, is it necessary to sit and wait for the next victim to appear in accordance with the regulations of the Police Agency?

"Yeah, why." Ayatsuji said, "It's not fair."

Hei Ni: [It's started, Ayatsuji. 】

But Ayatsuji ignored it, he was always focused on completing the task.

Although his agreeing tone was a little cold, it strangely aroused the desire to talk out of Chaobu's heart. He originally thought that only Fukuzawa Yukichi would be willing to listen to him in this world, but he didn't expect that there were others .

So, Ranpo put his hand on Ayatsuji's, leaned forward, and looked into his eyes.

"It was just last night that I found the trail of the prisoner." He said, "So, Mr. Ranbu thought: 'It's now!', and followed him, pretending to be an ignorant lamb, so that the prisoner thought I got it myself..."

"But." Ayatsuji helped him turn around, "He disturbed you."

"...but the uncle brought the police in." Luanbu withdrew his body in frustration, "The prisoner took the opportunity to escape, but instead of catching the bad guys, he came to scold me."

"Maybe he just cares about you."

"But what if such concern is not what I need?"

Ranpo thought that he was already independent, but Fukuzawa Yukichi still regarded him as a child, reminding him of how they overprotected him when he was living with his mother in the countryside.

He felt so bored, tired and helpless.

He doesn't want to be stupid, he doesn't want to lie, he just wants to be himself.

Luanbu is very clear that he is a person who likes to earn praise and has a desire to show off, but when he shares the things that show off with his elders, their attitudes are always very strange, both his father and mother have serious expressions .

Ranbu was very confused, and there was a trace of pain, did he do all this wrong?

Not long ago, both father and mother died, he buried them himself, and then left his hometown alone for Yokohama, which proved that he could do it.

He originally thought that Fukuzawa Yukichi was different, but he still punished him today... It made him feel like he was back to his lonely and helpless boyhood. He felt very depressed, but he was also a little scared, just like a A man stands lost in the middle of a busy intersection.

Ayatsuji watched him quietly, silently listening.

Ranbu buried his head and murmured in a low voice: "Uncle also said that he created the armed detective agency for me, he is very good, but...if he doesn't come to find Master Ranpo again, I don't know what to do, I There is nowhere to go, Erin, what should I do? But if he doesn't apologize, I don't want to forgive him..."

In fact, he was so tired and hungry that he couldn't hold on any longer.

If Ayatsuji appeared later, Ranpo would have to go back to Fukuzawa Yukichi again like he had succumbed to his mother's sadness before.

He knew that Fukuzawa Yukichi would explain why to him, and then he would forgive him, but this still represented a messy compromise, and in the future he would make countless concessions for Fukuzawa Yukichi's decision, just to get Rewards and compliments from the other side.

Ranpo will become a smart and good boy, but is this really what he wanted when he came to Yokohama alone?Was he sure he didn't fall into another trap controlled by emotion?This is a dangerous choice, he seems to be becoming less like himself.

"stand up."

Ayatsuji looked at it for a while, then he stretched out his hand and pulled Ranpo up from the ground, then stuffed the wave soda into his hand.

"what……"

Ranpo maintained a somewhat confused expression on his face, he didn't expect that Ayatsuji would suddenly pull him up, he could only feel the cold soda bottle in his hand, which attracted his attention like a child Li: "A color I've never seen before, what flavor is this?"

"Cherry flavor." Ayatsuji said, "Limited edition, you earned it."

"Where's the other bottle?" Luanbu sniffed, Weng Shengweng asked, "Is it for me too?"

"That'smine."

Hearing this, Luanbu glanced at him vigilantly, and covered his pockets with his hands: "Master Luanbu will not give you the glass beads unless you agree to what I said before. You have to obediently agree."

Do you mean go home with him?But Ayatsuji doesn't even have a home, so how can he take others home.

"That prisoner, do you still want to catch him?" Ayatsuji said, "Just answer if you want to, don't consider other people's thoughts."

"Of course I want to!" Luanbu yelled, and he said angrily, "I will not let that nasty murderer go!"

"it is good."

"..."

"What are you doing in a daze, follow up." Ayatsuji turned around, "Don't you want to hunt down the criminal, then come with me."

"But there can't be two detectives in one story." Luanbu murmured, "And even if he is caught, he will still be handed over to the government, and they will let him go because of insufficient evidence. It's obviously a bribe. The police, every time they find clues, deliberately take a slow step to arrest, so that it will never be possible to punish the real culprit.”

This sentence revealed a message that he had not said before.

That's right, how could Ranpo, who even Ayatsuji couldn't see through, not be able to find a decisive clue to convict him, and let the prisoner escape over and over again?If he is not very impatient, it is impossible for Ranpo to really go against Fukuzawa Yukichi's idea and use himself as bait.

Ayatsuji saw that Ranpo was holding a pair of black-rimmed glasses in his hand, he fiddled with it, lowered his head and said in frustration: "My supernatural ability is [Super Reasoning], but even so..."

"Do you have supernatural powers?"

"Of course."

"But I don't think you have." Ayatsuji said sharply, "You are just born smarter than others, because there is absolutely no type of supernatural ability that enhances IQ."

Hearing this, Luanbu retorted subconsciously: "Even if you are a detective, you can't say big things."

Absolutely not... How can you be so sure, he is an IQ-type supernatural being.

"What I said was the truth."

Ayatsuji himself is researching the Special Ability Special Forces Division of supernatural powers, so how could he not know this information.

"It would be great if there was one," Ayatsuji smiled sarcastically, but unfortunately it was hidden under the mask, so no one could see his malicious smile, "In that case, the smart people in the world can A little more because I'm almost surrounded by goldfish."

"..."

Ranpo was a little shaken, because his detective instinct told him that the other party hadn't lied at all, and there was no need to lie.

"No matter who told you that you have [Super Reasoning], there is no doubt that you are allowing others to obliterate your talent."

"talent……"

"How many people want to be smarter, but there are always more mediocrities in this world, and most people like to crowd out and isolate the few, so their contempt, worry and even fear are all jealousy that they can't ask for, so That's a talent."

"I do not have!"

"You are lying to yourself. To say that your own intelligence is the effect of supernatural powers is already a perfect humiliation."

"Irene, you are too much, if you do this again, I will really break up with you!" Ranbu didn't want to hear it.

Ever since he appeared in Yokohama, Ayatsuji has been restraining his venomous nature, and even now he is just telling the truth.

"It's as ridiculous as praising you for being able to eat and breathe." Ayatsuji didn't stop, he said coldly, "Is it difficult to admit that you are a different kind? You have to find a reasonable explanation for yourself and arrange a so-called one for yourself." With supernatural powers, you make me want to laugh."

He knew very well in his heart that the man who found [Super Reasoning] for Ranpo must have good intentions, because Ranpo didn't seem to be able to accept the fact that he was abnormal, so the other party's actions must be to make Ranpo's emotions calm down. stabilize.

But he didn't think about whether he would be able to protect him by his side if one day Ranbu discovered that it wasn't a supernatural power.

It would be better to tell the whole truth in the first place.

Ranpo asked angrily and incomprehensibly: "If I am a different kind, then are you too?"

"I do not deny."

"Then you are also a little monster."

"..."

"I don't quite understand...you are deliberately making me angry, but Lord Ranbu still has a good impression of you." Ranbu rubbed his eyes, slowly put down his hand, and said willfully, "Although I want to refute you, but But I can't find anything to say, so I have to think about it for myself, and you are not allowed to disturb me by saying such things again."

"What's the prisoner's name?"

"...near Gu Kangsheng."

"You're right, you don't need two detectives for a story," Ayatsuji said. "You'll be seeing him on the evening news soon."

Ranpo noticed the figure of Fukuzawa Yukichi not far away, and his guardian came to him, and Ayatsuji followed his line of sight, and also noticed the silver-haired man in kimono, he looked at Ranpo His concerned eyes didn't seem to be fake, but his gaze towards Ayatsuji was sharp.

But it is a pity that he came a little late, revealing the prisoner's name from Ranpo, and after he said the keyword of evening news, Ranpo was destined to become his person——Ayatsuji said to Rantang Yes, he did think about his helper.

The fact that the time-limited task is not over just confirms this point.

"I have a question I haven't asked you yet." Realizing that Ayatsuji was about to leave, Luanbu grabbed his sleeve and asked expectantly, "You promised me."

"Say."

"How do I find you, Erin?"

"Come to the Port Mafia." Ayatsuji said, he had noticed Fukuzawa Yukichi was only a few steps away, "If you don't know, you can ask your guardian."

Ranpo let out an "oh", and began to look for the glass marble in his pocket: "In exchange for what I promised earlier, Lord Ranpo can give you this scarlet glass marble!"

"No, you'll bring it back to me after you understand what's best for you, and to whom your reasoning really belongs."

Leaving this sentence of unclear meaning, Ayatsuji walked away with a soda in his arms, but when he passed by Fukuzawa Yukichi, the other party turned around and said: "...I heard Mori Ogai mentioned you. "

Mori Ogai and Fukuzawa Yukichi know each other, this is a crucial message.

But Ayatsuji did not show surprise, because Verlaine gave a lot of information, including a person named Natsume Soseki's [Three Moment Concept], the government guards Yokohama during the day, the armed detective agency at dusk, and the harbor mafia's territory at night .

Ayatsuji did not intend to break the balance, because he neither belonged to the chaotic city of Yokohama, nor did he intend to take over the port mafia for a long time, so he would naturally pave the way for it.

"Don't worry," Ayatsuji said lightly, "You'll see him at the Armed Detective Agency soon."

The author has something to say:

Ayatsuji: They are all Brain Schools. If I take one, I will return one to you.

Fukuzawa Yukichi: I don't think it's fair.

Mr. Mori is also a cat!

And it's a former partner, so there must be a tacit understanding (.)