The whole world has my vest

Even if John and Twenty Faces disappear, the Armed Detective Agency still has a lot to do.Those gray zone incidents where the supernatural secret service and the military police are not easy to intervene, or do not intervene, are basically handed over to the armed detective agency to deal with, and when necessary, they may have to deal with the port mafia of local snakes.

Dealing with people with supernatural powers is not a good job. Other government agencies think that the special powers of the special powers department are too powerful, almost covering their responsibilities. Coe was dismounted, and their rights were divided.It can be said that the official organization of the Supernatural Secret Service has internal and external troubles, and Ango Sakaguchi, who is regarded as the candidate for the next head of the Supernatural Secret Service, has a heavy burden on his shoulders.

After [Firefly] was short-lived, the Supernatural Secret Service Division listed this mysterious organization as the top target that needs to be paid attention to, but this organization is hidden too deeply. The European "Clock Tower Attendant" or the North American "organization" Even the down-to-earth "Unit 925" of Huaguo, and the "House of Dead Rats" of a sickly Russian, there are more or less signs of surface activities.

Professor Moriarty sat by the floor-to-ceiling windows of a five-star hotel, looking at the beauty of this seaside city gleaming in the sun. No one would have guessed that this Yokohama is actually the base camp of supernatural beings.Those who were able to leave here have all left, and those who stay are either powerful people who have enough power and money to hire supernatural powers to protect themselves, or those who are unable to leave here, or those who love this land and do not want to leave.

Professor Moriarty rested his chin on his hands, closed his eyes and listened to the melodious music pouring out of the phonograph.This hotel deserves to be a five-star hotel. Even if a guest asks to listen to a record, he can find the corresponding items to meet the needs of the guest.

"This is the best of times, and it's also the worst of times." Professor Moriarty's gaze passed through the transparent window and landed in a certain corner with nothingness. "There are almost no real solutions in the world. Once something happens, it will continue forever. It's just that the form will change into various forms. It's just that others and yourself can't figure it out."

"So, Edogawa Ranpo-kun, what will you do?"

"—Hasn't the Twenty Faces of the weirdo been stopped? Why did another accident happen during this period of time?" Miyazaki Kenji scratched his head and asked strangely. "Maybe it's a copycat? When the government announced that the twenty-face incident had been resolved, there were a lot of demonstrations dissatisfied with the current law. There were a lot of copycats during that time." Junichiro Tanizaki thought. thought, speculated.

"But those prisoners were all reasoned out by Mr. Ranpo, and they were all caught, right? But the court didn't sentence them to severe punishment, it can only be said that karma is retribution!" Tanizaki Junichiro's younger sister, Naomi, stuck out her tongue. "Although these cases have been entrusted to our detective agency...but are they really going to be handed over to Mr. Ranpo?"

The secretary of the detective agency Haruno Kirako recalled that during that time, Edogawa Ranpo could almost be said to be dealing with those cases without sleep, and couldn't bear to ask. "Personally, I think it's better not to let Mr. Ranpo get in touch with anything related to that John Libet."

Haruno Kirako has seen with her own eyes, Edogawa Ranpo's uneasy appearance, and the changes that have taken place in the originally childish famous detective made her feel even more distressed.Yosano Akiko expressed a completely different opinion. "Ranbu has grown a lot, and he will not be shaken anymore. Besides, the real culprit is dead. He is very smart, because he knows that none of the imitators are John, so he can deal with it." Black hair The mature woman sighed, and the beautiful butterfly headdress on her hair gleamed translucently in the sunlight. "Besides... even if you don't tell him about these cases, you can probably figure it out in random ways, and you can't hide it from him at all."

"Ah, speaking of which, where did Ranpo-san go?" As if remembering something, Haruno Kirako turned around and asked Kunikida Doppo who was working like a desperate Saburo.

"He went out in the morning and said he was going to replenish the stock of snacks." Kunikida Doppo replied sternly. "In addition, although Mr. Ranpo is childish, he is not that fragile."

And Fukuzawa Yukichi's words are the final word for this discussion: "To solve these cases, Ranpo's strength is necessary, and there is no one in the detective agency who can replace it. Besides, Ranpo is not alone. If you are here, I firmly believe that all difficulties and obstacles will not be a problem."

"Yes!" "Understood!" The members of the Armed Detective Agency replied in unison with a serious look on their faces.

When Edogawa Ranbo returned to the detective agency, he only needed to know what happened at a glance.He put the large and small snack bags in his arms on his desktop, then picked up the case files on Yosano Akiko's desk, and quickly browsed them.

The secretary Haruno Qiluozi quickly explained: "This is a request from the police today, but I think it should be a good thing done by the imitator..." Her original intention was to let Edogawa Ranbu no more Psychological burden, but Edogawa Ranpo's face changed slightly, and he opened those green eyes.

"This is not done by imitators." He took out his glasses from his pocket, put them on the bridge of his nose, and arranged the cases in order that only he could understand.Contractors who maliciously defaulted on workers' salaries, black-hearted capitalists who disregarded human lives and oppressed employees, etc... According to the intelligence of the police investigation, these cases are suicides no matter how you look at them.But not all of these cases were suicides.Obviously, these cases—no, it should be said that the behind-the-scenes manipulators of these cases are using these cases to convey a certain message.

"The people who created these cases are related to John." Such a perfect method made him subconsciously recall John, just like the same crisp and neat method, and those people died of their own desires and the crimes they created. Capitalists with money died from being smashed to death by banknotes, black-hearted people who oppressed others died of heart disease, not to mention criminals who used certain prohibited items to manipulate others for their own benefit. After all, there is no escape from a causal loop.Even, in the few cases that happened later, many of the deceased still killed each other.

It's clear that those behind the scene relish the ugliness of their struggle for life and killing each other, with the last survivor mercilessly killed when he hoped he could escape.But how do inmates get access to these people?What do the dead have in common?Accidents happened to some people, and it was impossible for these capitalists who spared their lives not to be vigilant, but in this case, the black hands behind the scenes still took their lives.

Edogawa Ranpo's brain was running fast. Due to the consumption of calories, he kept stuffing potato chips into his mouth, and then took another sip of sea salt-flavored Bozi soda, feeling the sour bubbles as if from It spreads from the mouth to the brain, which is extremely refreshing.

"President, can I apply to go out?" Edogawa Ranpo decided to investigate the death scene of these people. Just looking at the files may not be able to get complete information.

Fukuzawa Yukichi pondered for a while, then nodded and said: "I agree to the application, Chaos, this time I will investigate the case with you."

"Eh? No need, the other party is just giving me a test and won't hurt me." Edogawa was stunned, waved his hands and said.Since the Armed Detective Agency got on the right track, Fukuzawa Yukichi has also been busy, and Edogawa Ranpo's reasoning ability is even more in short supply. Like now, the Armed Detective Agency's most powerful 'power' and smartest' It can be said that this is the first time that brains have teamed up again.

"You are an important member of the detective agency, we don't want the same thing to happen again." Fukuzawa Yukichi insisted.After all, if John was more ruthless and forced Edogawa Ranpo to judge his life by himself, or if they didn't arrive in time, Edogawa Ranpo would eventually fall from the top of the clock tower, as long as he thought of that Possibility, the members of the Armed Detective Agency felt suffocated for a while.Of course, Edogawa Ranpo couldn't hold back Fukuzawa Yukichi, the president of the Armed Detective Agency, and in the end they left the detective agency together. "Where do you go first?"

Fukuzawa Yukichi sat in the driver's seat and asked in a deep voice. "Go to the scene of the factory owner's death."

This should be the first case committed by the unknown and mysterious man behind the scenes. However, after arriving at the scene, Ranpo Edogawa found in silence that the crime scene was too clean.As if this was indeed what the factory owner himself was willing to die for.

Next, Fukuzawa Yukichi took Edogawa Ranpo to other crime scenes recorded in the file. The unknown detectives expected that these cases were done very cleanly, and no one could find a single suspicious point.It's no wonder that the police sent the cases to the Armed Detective Agency. The naked eyes could see that these cases were suspicious, but they couldn't find any evidence or clues.The modus operandi was flawless, proving that the man behind the scenes was capable enough to make the case end in 'suicide', but he didn't.Therefore, Edogawa Ranpo suspected that the mysterious man behind the scenes could have done a more perfect job, but only to test himself, he deliberately let these cases attract the attention of the police.

After watching these crime scenes, Edogawa Ranpo knew that the man behind the scenes created these cases to send him an invitation letter and at the same time test him.Come to see me, come to find me——for you, this kind of test should be nothing, right?The lingering sense of condescending scrutiny and nitpicking made Edogawa feel like a thorn in his throat.

After watching the nearby crime scene, Edogawa slumped in the back seat of the car, resting with his eyes closed, with fruit candy in his mouth, to replenish energy for his high-speed brain.

"You said before that this was not done by a copycat. Is there any basis?" Fukuzawa Yukichi saw Edogawa Ranpo's slightly tired face from the rearview mirror. He thought for a while and asked in the gap between the red lights road.

"John created those cases to avenge the people who were dying of pain because of those dead. Although his behavior was a bit extreme, his heart was full of justice—and he also knew that what he did was futile. The world accepts."

"That's why he jumped off the clock tower after completing the twenty faces of the weirdo, because John has already judged himself to be a sinner in his heart." The punishment that sinners deserve is death. "However, in most of these cases now, the people who created the cases have no emotion at all. It seems that they are just props to achieve their goals. I choose them as props because only in this way can I arouse my emotions as quickly as possible. attention."

"That person... just thought it was more convenient and interesting, so he invited me to meet him in this way." Thinking of this, Edogawa Ranpo couldn't help clenching his teeth, because of his intelligence and Only by being transparent can you feel the malice and cruelty revealed in these cases more directly than anyone else.

Fukuzawa Yukichi's face turned cold, and his deep voice revealed a cold murderous look: "Is it a pleasure crime?"

The so-called pleasure criminals refer to prisoners who commit crimes for their own pleasure. Usually, these prisoners are much more dangerous and destructive than ordinary criminals.

"No, it's probably not a pleasure crime. That person didn't get pleasure by killing people. He probably just went through these cases and played games with me..." Edogawa Ranpo's face suddenly changed, He remembered that John had also made a bet with himself at that time.He himself never expected that it would develop to that point in the future.

"Any clues?" But the next moment, Fukuzawa Yukichi's voice called him back from that night.

Edogawa Ranpo regained his former calmness and wisdom. He looked at the green streetlight ahead and said loudly, "Ah, of course, I'm a detective!"

The blue-eyed detective reached into his pocket, hooked the doll that he had never lost until now, pinched the soft belly of the doll, raised the corners of his lips, and expressed his discovery: "I've seen the case. After the scene, I've found the missing piece of clue."