Edogawa Ranpo is not a special case of lack of empathy.He can understand the pain of others and empathize with it.The reason why he appears to be out of tune with society is simply because he is too smart, sees too clearly, and behaves too rationally.

Intellect, to the point where it is not understood, is mistaken for a lack of emotion.

Kaoru, who has really seen what a person with emotional deficits looks like, can tell them clearly.

Well... this kid's ability to make others angry is very Uchiha-like, not bad, not bad!

The young man only listened to what he wanted to hear, and after knowing that the "waste paper" piled up half the room were all old mysteries, he was so excited that he dragged a stool from the corner and sat down, took out his glasses and put them on his ears—— A pair of glasses, Kaoru, has the impression that the school optical shop buys the anti-blue light flat glasses when the school optical shop buys one and gets one free. Protecting eyes is a life-long struggle for Uchiha, and any reliable method is worth trying.

Rarely opened squinted eyes revealed emerald green pupils, files and evidences were in front of them, telling the secrets hidden in time.

Worthy of Fukuzawa Yukichi's evaluation of "smart", the boy has not moved from sitting down to the file room after get off work. Almost every file that has been read has a name that has been marked by a cat's paw. It is the murderer.

After taking off his glasses, he "poofed" and lay dying on the exposed wooden tabletop: "Ah... that's it, let's see the rest tomorrow..."

Either the evidence is seriously damaged, or there is doubt. The physical work that needs to go out will be solved tomorrow. The famous detective is short of sugar and is going on strike!

Police officer Megure, who had been with the file room all this time, searched for his chin all over the place.This young man's brain is terrifying, and the case file with almost complete evidence only needs to be read once, and he can grab the pet's paw and press the name of the criminal.At the beginning, he wondered if he was being lazy and messing around and pointing at random. After he questioned, even the beautiful little three-colored cat rolled his eyes, as if he was very contemptuous.

"Isn't this obvious at a glance? Have you ever used your brains to think about it? Are you using your brains instead of decorations? Mr. Inspector, please try to activate your small head and round eyes! Here! Here! Here! Isn’t it already clear to tell others that this guy is a criminal?”

Luanbu, who dragged his voice and creaked and gnawed on the small biscuits, nodded seriously, and the cat lying beside him also nodded: "Meow~"

Police officer Mu Mu suppressed the evil fire in his heart and thought about it over and over again by linking the several evidences and testimonies he pointed out. He stood thinking until the sun went down and suddenly realized: "It turned out to be like this! It really is! The prisoner is this guy!"

"I see! Thank you, Ranpo-kun! Huh?"

The fat police officer looked around blankly, he was the only one left in the file room, and the black-haired boy ran away with the cat without a trace.A random note was left on the desk - "Uncle, I will leave the work of sorting out the files to you. Remember to record the stack I put out separately, it will be used tomorrow!"

He turned his head to look at the desperately thick stack of files, sat down with a hesitant sigh, and resigned himself to his fate, dragging out one of them and looking for paper and pen to transcribe.As an adult, as a policeman whose duty is to protect the public, if he knows that the case may be solved but does not take action, Officer Meguro thinks that is dereliction of duty.

What else can I do?Let's go all night, I hope the liver is enough... I can't be inferior to a green skin boy.

Taking advantage of the police officer's pensive appearance, he scooped up the cat and slipped away, and walked out of the gate of the Metropolitan Police Department with heavy steps in disorder - hungry, wanting to eat, and didn't know the way.

"Mi~" Sanhuamao suddenly jumped up from his head and fell into another person's arms.

"Are you hungry? Go eat some red bean soup and rough dim sum first." The head of the family made a final decision, and the teenager and the cat cheered together: "Yeah!" "Meow!"

I knew it would be like this, as long as I have sweets, I can easily deceive the two of them together...

In the same traditional Japanese restaurant, Kaoru and Ranpo sat in a row with their heads bowed, holding bowls and filling their stomachs with red bean soup.Called a few times in the file room but did not move the young man who fell into the "famous detective" state, so she had to wait silently with him. At this moment, she was so hungry that her stomach was growling.

He was a picky eater, and the baked rice cakes were tasteless due to the sweet red bean soup. He wanted to leave the rice cakes in the bowl and refused to eat them.In contrast, Kaoru, who is picky eater but doesn't waste food, appears mature and reliable. In short, there is no two people who work together like Fukuzawa Yukichi.

I was so naive, I always thought that walking around again could slightly correct the problems of partial eclipse and picky eaters to nutritional imbalances. I struggled fiercely for 50 seconds, and finally chose to compromise: "Boss, add two more bowls of red bean soup, and one bowl without rice cakes!"

If you lose face, you can lose face, anyway, it's not the first time.

After eating red bean soup, they walked home slowly, and the family worked together quickly for dinner.As for the ingredients... Mr. Fukuzawa already has them in hand.It's just grocery shopping, he is no longer the one who was always tricked into buying hollow radishes in the past!

Ranpo ran in front like a child, chattering about the bizarre plots he saw in the file, and Kaoru looked sideways at Fukuzawa Yukichi—the police officer took us to the archives room, this matter was arranged by you in advance of.

He bent his eyes to meet her gaze and nodded lightly a few times, yes, it was deliberate.In order to curb Luanbu's overly lively and scattered attention, and at the same time let him gradually understand what the vivid lives behind the case files mean.

Of course, after selection, the safety factor is relatively high.

The old cases represent the condensed sorrow and expectation. Luanbu who was fooled into taking over these cases is the last hope of the victims.

"Hey hey~ Yes, it's amazing!" She smiled and turned to respond to the waiting boy, Luanbu immediately raised her head, puffed her chest and raised her nose and said proudly: "Such a cunning prisoner is no match for Lord Ranpo after all, ha! After dealing with so many old cases, the fat police officer will soon be able to get his wish and be transferred back to the neighborhood!"

Of course he can see why Police Officer Mu Mu is depressed. This problem is easy to solve. I believe that Mr. Ranpo can do it, really!

Kaoru coaxed him like a child: "Yes, yes, Lord Ranpo is really amazing, there is no better detective in Yokohama!"

The young man was satisfied after receiving this false compliment that anyone could hear, and "Da Da Da" ran around more and more easily. If gravity was not still there, he might be able to fly up and float on the branches.

……

In the early morning of the next day, Fukuzawa Yukichi was sent to the gate of the Metropolitan Police Department by Fukuzawa Yukichi, who was carrying the three-colored cat. After struggling all night, the extremely haggard police officer handed him the package of materials he had arranged: "Go and visit, the address Everything is inside, and I'm going to deal with arresting the criminals."

All these cases are about to reach the legal recourse period, and it is likely that the bereaved family members have passed away or the prisoner has passed away, which makes people feel sad or dumbfounded.At first glance, this young man is not a martial artist, so there is no need to work on him if there is a conflict.

After handing over the material bag, he tried his best not to yawn, turned around and rushed to rush the newcomer Shao Hao to submit the action application first.

"Well... let's go~ Let the famous detective take a look, the first stop is..."

I went to four or five "scenes" in one day. Fortunately, the people involved in the case have become husbands and wives. Even if they talk in disorder, the probability of being beaten is not high. few.

On the third day, the plot of the newly sorted case became more and more brutal, and the boy's expression became more and more serious.During the conversation, the bereaved were so sad that they were numb, and the emotions that were so painful that there were no tears to shed were magnified and concentrated after time, and became an endless, unhealed wound that would tear out endless pain with just a light touch.

On the fourth day, Officer Mumu's application was approved, and a series of criminals did not escape Huihui Skynet and were brought to justice after all.Some people gritted their teeth, and some looked confused—the culprit was probably the victim’s former lover, friend, neighbor, or familiar person in the same community. The truly inhuman and indiscriminate murderer has yet to appear.

Luanbu fell silent. Solving cases is his hobby. He has always thought that the world is a game field revolving around him. Every mystery case is a maze, and the prisoner is the "end" standing outside the maze... But now One after another, tragedies shattered the transparent glass shield that separated the children from the crowd. He finally saw that catching criminals was far from the last thing. What stood at the end was the "evil" with a blurred face and a black body.

Everyone has an "evil" side, and negative emotions are inevitable.Survival and reproduction are instincts engraved in genes, and the resulting struggle will never stop.But the biggest difference between human beings and animals is that they can do things out of reason that go against their instincts and are altruistic, which we often call "morality".

This is the control of individual human beings over themselves, which is complex and changeable due to the influence of social environment, education level, economic status, and family of origin.When a person loses control, breaks through the shackles of "morality" and finally violates the law, causing him to change from a "person" to a "criminal", and returning to his nature, the trigger for all these chain reactions to finally occur is all kinds of things that the detective boy cannot understand. "motivation".

"I just wanted to kill, so I killed people", "Killing makes me happy" - after all, such prisoners without empathy belong to a very small number, and more people are the ones who have been "evil" in the long-term accumulation. One side erodes and eventually loses its grip on reason.

The pain and gratitude of the bereaved family, the distortion and tragedy of the prisoner lifted the glass cover that Luanbu had been hiding in front of his eyes. For the first time, the child seriously looked at his "playground" and began to reflect.

What are these cases to me?What are these lives to me?What did I do?What else can I do for them?

And... what kind of person do I want to be?

It is never too late to think, as long as you start, you will definitely get the answer.

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