Takei Ayanokoji's Tool Man Guide

After crying for a long time, Edogawa sat up again, and made up his mind to say - "never talk to Ayanokouji again".

He swore verbally, and added a very long prefix in front of "I" "Little chicken belly is stingy and stingy Barra has one set on the surface and one set on the back, only pretending to be worse than a street bully and has a worse personality than a street bully. If you eat with no kindness, you will definitely be caught If you choke and walk, you will definitely be tripped, the most unlucky ghost in the world."He spoke in one breath, without even pausing.

Although I didn't say a word, I said I remembered everything.

In this kind of quarrel scene, the most difficult thing to do is actually the person caught in the middle - Junichiro Tanizaki, who is the middle part of the sandwich biscuit, is almost crying. He is neither able to parry Edogawa's willful stubbornness, nor can he persuade me to change Thoughts—After all, I did nothing wrong, and Junichiro Tanizaki couldn't suddenly and arrogantly ask me to bow my head and apologize for unnecessary things.

So the atmosphere in the whole room was very awkward, at least for Tanizaki, very awkward.Because he couldn't bear this situation, after Edogawa planned to take a bath before eating, he went out of the room and called his sister Naomi in the corridor to complain and ask for comfort.And I looked around and checked the environment alone - although it is a high-star hotel, the room for three people is actually not that spacious for the sake of cheapness.

The three beds are joined together, facing the middle of the bed is an LCD TV mounted on the wall to save space.To the left of the TV is a desk, on which there is a mobile phone provided free of charge to passengers, and there are sufficient calling cards in the phone; to the right of the TV is a narrow passage and the door.In addition, in this small space, there is also a bathroom with a bathtub.

When Tanizaki went to make a phone call, Edogawa Ranpo was taking a shower, and I started sneaking into the local forums to read the rumors of "Fuyuki City".

"Enter the forum to read rumors" This is related to my previous experience.At an age when I didn't know anything, I went to Ikebukuro on business.The experience there taught me how to understand the inner dynamics of an unfamiliar city in a short period of time.

However, unlike the major cities full of various urban rumors, Fuyuki City is as clean as fresh snow, as quiet and peaceful as a country town under the painter Vermeer.Even the murderous maniac in Fuyuki City, there is only official discussion.Inside this city, there are no legends at all.

This is not normal.

In fact, "Fuyuki City" is not such a strange city to me.

Let’s start with me first. Personally, I don’t like to talk about the past, and I don’t think there is much to talk about.And about me, no one should be able to find out now.In fact, I was born in "Academy City", the capital of technology and abilities.When I was living there, I heard such a thing - "there is magic in this world".

I admit that saying this kind of thing seems to be the same as when an atheist suddenly said, "Just now God turned into a boy and came to you."

I have to say myself, I am not talking about dreamy or ethereal topics, nor am I spreading the world view for fairy tales.

In "Academy City" there is a branch school of a nationwide cram school called "Misawa Juku".Although "science worship" is also advocated there, there are real alchemists inside.However, because people living in Academy City have received experiments or drugs to develop abilities, they cannot possess the ability of "magic". The reason is that the casting circuits between magic and abilities are completely different.

To give a simple example, apart from black technology elements, there is basically no "Android system" and "Apple system" installed in the same mobile phone - the two systems are completely independent systems, not in a " A state of symbiosis.

Based on the condition that "magic exists in this world", related books have also mentioned "Fuyuki City is one of the few cities in the world with abundant spiritual veins" and "the Holy Grail War every 60 years", but Very little content, just a few strokes.

According to the information I know, unlike Academy City where abilities and high technology are active, Fuyuki City should be a city where magic is active.According to calculations, this year should be the time when the rumored Holy Grail War will take place, and it is much calmer than I imagined.

Either someone was already doing the scavenging job—cleaning away the traces; or it was the calm before the storm;

There are many reasons why I pay attention to these, but more of them are actually out of curiosity, like seeing a story, feeling very interesting, and wanting to know the follow-up or more details.Actually, I came to Fuyuki City for something to do.

……

I was thinking about how to drag "Edogawa Ranpo" and not return to Buteisha for a while, when the door of the bathroom opposite opened.

Because there are only three chairs in the room, the position of the desk is too close to the side of the bed, and when the chairs are pulled away, you can feel somewhat cramped and oppressive.So, I chose a location close to the door, so inevitably, I was also very close to the door of the bathroom, barely three steps away.

So, as soon as Edogawa opened the door, he was caught off guard when he saw me. He was obviously taken aback, and his body shook, but he immediately turned his head away to cover up, as if he didn't want to talk to me.

I don't care about this kind of thing, I just think this person is still similar to the one in my memory.

He walked out of the bathroom with the warm moisture and the aroma of shower gel after taking a shower.His stiff black hair was still dripping with water, and a pure white towel was hung around his neck so that the water on his head would not wet his neckline.

It's still the same as I remember, scribbled, with no attention to detail, and I can't even dry my hair.

He didn't speak, and I naturally didn't speak either.During the silence, Edogawa snorted coldly, taking advantage of the situation and deliberately shook his head vigorously.Seeing the water from my hair splashing on me, he raised the corners of his mouth and gave a smirk.

(childish……)

I wiped up any spilled water on my phone with paper towels.The time displayed on the mobile phone that I accidentally turned on was 17:21, which is still early from the end of the day.

Edogawa Ranpo sat on the edge of the bed and began to read the dinner guide provided by the hotel. It is estimated that his plan is to have a good meal after taking a shower, and then go to bed after eating a bunch of snacks.

When Edogawa ran his head down, he suddenly raised his voice, "What are you doing?"

Because of this sentence, I was stunned for a moment, subconsciously looked at the closed door, and finally said uncertainly: "Are you talking to me?"

"Who else is in the room besides you?"

(Didn't you say, don't talk to me?)

I think that next time Edogawa Ranpo makes a promise easily, I must attach some conditions.

"I didn't do anything bad."

I'm telling the truth.

"A college student, a clergyman, and a temporary worker, but the associative input method of "Ondo" is a "temperature-sensing sight", which is generally used to snipe people at night. "Edogawa Ranbu folded his arms and said, "You can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from me. What do you want to join the Butei Club?" "

When he said this, I just noticed that he might have glimpsed the input method interface I pressed while searching.So, I put the phone on the table, leaned against the back of the chair, folded my left leg on the right leg, and chatted with Edogawa Ranpo in a very patient gesture.

"I said, I need protection, but I don't have any money. Doesn't working at Butei just fill the vacancy in payment?" I paused and said, "Am I lying, don't you also see that ?”

I said unhurriedly: "Besides, if I lied to harm Butei, didn't you dig a big hole for yourself with your speech just now? In this case, it is entirely possible for me to take advantage of When Tanizaki is not around, it will be bad for you. And as a smart person, you will not take the initiative to confront the enemy without protection, right?"

Edogawa Ranpo's eyes were still narrowed like slits, neither expressing approval nor disapproval.

After waiting for two seconds, Edogawa didn't interrupt me, so I said in a straight tone, unhurriedly: "So, it's better to say that according to Mr. Edogawa's character, he has doubts in his heart, but You have been going around with me like this, tossing until now, and confronting me again is the same problem. Can I say that Mr. Edogawa actually knows that I am harmless, but he deliberately provokes me , deliberately looking for something to say, trying to get my attention? So, what exactly do you want to ask me?"

I was still thinking that Edogawa Ranpo always hesitated to speak to me, and asked the same sentence every time he wanted to ask.So, what is he curious about?I thought, this frank confrontation, when I should be able to speak, Edogawa Ranpo suddenly yelled "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"..."

what happened?

Outside the half-open door, Tanizaki rushed over upon hearing the sound, and quickly glanced at me who was sitting motionless on the chair, and Edogawa Ranbo who was rolling around on the bed again.

"What, what's wrong? Stomach pain? Mr. Ranpo."

Edogawa Ranpo complained to Tanizaki: "I don't talk to Ayanokōji anymore. He always annoys me."

Tanizaki tilted his head suspiciously, looked into my eyes, and asked, "Didn't I already say that?"

"........."

In the end who gave who extra feelings?

The author has something to say:

Edogawa Ranpo: I'm so annoying!Obviously a fan who secretly follows me, do I have to take the initiative to care about him?I'm not interested in him at all! ! !

*The background of Academy City has "technology", "abilities" and "magic". Those who have been developed with abilities cannot have magic circuits, which is also the setting of "Academy City".