Takei Ayanokoji's Tool Man Guide

For some reason, in fact, I have known Edogawa longer than he has known "now me".I know many things about him, his little habits, his motto, his eating habits, and many other trivial things.

Edogawa Ranpo is the mainstay of the Armed Detective Agency and the core of the Butei Agency, possessing the extraordinary insight and analytical ability to see through all the truth.He should be about 26 years old now, his birthday is one day away from mine, he is on October 10, and I am on October 21.He likes desserts very much, is stubborn and arrogant, willful and unreasonable, and hates being preached by others, but he respects Fukuzawa Yukichi, the president of Butei Club, and relies on him as a half-father.

For him, the current me is just an insignificant existence, about the same as those who interact with him on a daily basis.Just like the background of a character image, it is just a piece of background, a background that can be replaced in order to enrich the character.

"..."

Edogawa Ranpo didn't care what my silence meant, he walked forward and said, "Master Ranpo is going back. Ayanokōji, you are so boring."

His last sentence is a criticism, but also a big truth.

My character is so boring and uninteresting.

"I'm going to the shopping street."

The things I decide, rarely change.

"Even if you buy it for me, I won't eat it." Edogawa Ranpo decided to draw a line with me and stick to his rule of "don't eat food from strangers".

I said, "You already said you don't want it, so I just bought it for Tanizaki."

"…………"

I'd like to see how long he can last.

He's a sweetie.People who often like to eat sugar will overgrow the Candida bacteria in the body that live on sugar.It, in turn, sends signals to the brain, exacerbating the body's sugar cravings.Especially - when others eat happily in front of him, he will be attacked both physically and psychologically.

I'm afraid I can't hit him yet, so when I bought the cake, I deliberately emphasized: "I heard Tanizaki said that you like sweets very much, so I hope you stick to your principles and don't touch his cake casually."

The cashier looked at Edogawa's fiery eyes and asked me uncertainly, "...do you only buy one piece?"

"Buy one."

As soon as I finished speaking, Edogawa Ranpo's face flushed instantly.Before I finished paying, he pushed the door open, and within four or five seconds after the door was closed again, the copper bell on the door kept ringing.

He was angry.

I thought to myself.

The cashier at the bakery said worriedly, "Is it okay? Your friend is angry."

"It's okay." I confirmed.

Edogawa would be very angry, and would call Tanizaki Junichiro angrily to pick him up.He can't run too far, and this time is just right for me to go shopping.

So I continued: "Excuse me, how can I get to the pharmacy?"

"You can see it at the corner of the next street."

"Thank you."

I'm going to buy some sleeping pills.However, sleeping pills are prescription drugs, and you must have a doctor's certificate to buy them.This purchase procedure is also more troublesome.So generally, I go straight to the black market.It's just that I'm afraid that Edogawa Ranpo will find out if I bring it here.

After all, Tanizaki, Edogawa and I lived in the same hotel.

Let me first talk about why Edogawa Ranpo and the others are with me.

Now nominally, I can be regarded as starting a part-time job at the Butei Club.Because Buteisha and the others are also hunting down serial killers across the country, after meeting at the coffee shop in the morning, we decided to go to Fuyuki City together and live together.

It was not clear who was responsible for this nationwide serial killer case at the beginning, because the assailant attacked the victim without direction, and the same place would never carry out more than two murders. His method of disposing of the corpse It is also very detailed, so most of the disappearances of people are just treated as "disappearing".But why did he suddenly start noticing the presence of the murderer?

It is because from a certain point in time, similar cases of brutal mutilation of victims appeared in some cities on a regular basis, and the clues slowly began to gather.

The murderer is obviously moving his base regularly in order to avoid being suspected or discovered. According to Edogawa Rampo's reasoning, the murderer is now in Fuyuki City and is related to a large number of missing children.

Why are so many murders committed only in Fuyuki City?Unrestrained?

This probably has a strong and inseparable relationship with "criminal minds".

In Fuyuki City, the murderer's criminal mind takes a turn.

American literati Emerson once said, "All things are mysteries, and the key to unraveling these mysteries is another mystery." Ranpo Edogawa wanted to find out who the murderer was, and also wanted to know why The murderer has this psychological shift.

Edogawa Ranpo had unstoppable insane curiosity.

I hope this curiosity doesn't kill him.After all, even if a cat has nine lives, it can't deal with "curiosity", but Edogawa only has one life.

When I left the cake shop, I did not see Ranpo Edogawa. Following the instructions of the cashier, I went to the pharmacy with a fake doctor's certificate and bought a bottle of sleeping pills.

"Are you insomnia?" It was a young pharmacist who brought me the medicine.

"Yes, I can't sleep at night recently."

After hearing this, the pharmacist gave me a suggestion: "Irregular sleep time can easily cause insomnia, try not to stay up late."

"Thank you." I saw the pharmacist swiping the barcode on the product, and the price popped up on the display, so I took out my wallet and fake ID.

I have worked in Hong Kong gangsters before, and I know the operation of those black markets better than the normal process.I still don't know where to buy large quantities of ammunition, let alone fake identification.

***

The hotel we booked was in Fuyuki Shinto, only 10 minutes by bus from my internship site.Because Buteisha also took over the task of protecting me at the same time, so in fact, Tanizaki came here not only as a helper for Edogawa Ranpo, but also as a bodyguard for me.After all, Edogawa Ranpo has long been able to travel alone to handle cases, and he is no less than a "bodyguard/assistant".

In other words, starting tomorrow, or starting today when I go back to the hotel, Tanizaki Junichiro will be my bodyguard and will spend most of his time with me.

As soon as I got back to the hotel, I saw Tanizaki coaxing Ranho Edogawa, who was sitting on the bed and covering his face with a newspaper, with kind words.Tanizaki is a young man with a relatively weak temperament. He has a more flattering personality in his personality, and he always cares about other people's feelings.

Seeing me coming back, Tanizaki asked, "Ayanokōji, what happened to you and Mr. Ranpo? Why did you suddenly separate? Did you quarrel?"

I made an innocent face and said, "I didn't do anything."

I casually put the cake on the coffee table, and continued: "I bought a cake for you."

After Edogawa heard "cake", he kicked his feet angrily.

Tanizaki instantly understood that this matter probably had something to do with the cake, so he dragged me to the aisle and asked for details.I told Tanizaki exactly what Edogawa didn't eat the cake I bought.

"This matter really has nothing to do with you." Tanizaki scratched his head as if he didn't know how to put it, and said, "However, the detective in our agency has a childish personality, he likes to speak ironically occasionally, and he prefers to listen to good things. Let him go a little bit in this regard."

"why?"

"Ayanokōji-kun, are you 19 years old?"

"Um……"

"But our detective's mental age is no more than five years old."

I think Tanizaki is telling the truth.

"I see."

I nodded, took the cake box, walked towards Edogawa who was lying on the bed in the hotel, and said sincerely: "Edogawa."

"Yes." Edogawa reluctantly agreed with his throat.

"Actually, after you leave, I'll buy an extra piece of cake."

As soon as I said this, I noticed the light called "gratification" in Tanizaki's eyes after chatting with me just now.He continued to look at me with encouraging eyes, I paused, and said to Edogawa who was slowly showing his head: "Look here."

Edogawa took off the newspaper on his face in a hurry, and sat up by the way.

"what?"

"Look here are two cakes."

I took advantage of the opportunity to open the cake box, and Ranpo Edogawa smiled.But my words are not over yet—

"This one belongs to Tanizaki, and this one belongs to me, not yours. If you eat our cake, I will tell the president."

Edogawa: "..."

Tanizaki: "..."

The two were silent for only a second.

"Tanizaki!!!" Edogawa shouted in disorder.

"Ayanokōji, don't make small reports." Tanizaki quickly stretched out his hand towards me, and said, "What did you say just now?"

"Isn't that implying to me that Edogawa is still as afraid of parents as a child?"

"……I do not have it."

"But isn't that very effective?"

Tanizaki didn't want to admit my words at all, but just showed me a crying face.And Edogawa was rolling on the bed in disorder.

I think that Edogawa Ranpo will be angry with me one day sooner or later.

The author has something to say:

Ayanokoji: He doesn't want me to coax him, so I won't coax him.

Edogawa: Don't be too hard on me... woo woo woo