Kneeling and begging to live past the age of 18

"Your Majesty Fukuzawa, what's the matter here?"

Seeing that these two people blocked him on purpose, Mori Ogai's heart sank, but he smiled knowingly and asked.

"Why don't you bring your children to enjoy the sea breeze?"

"Hmph! Don't ask questions knowingly."

With Fukuzawa Yukichi at his side, Edogawa Ranpo's voice became even more impolite.

"Mr. Fukuzawa and I have already seen what you want to do."

"Oh, really?"

The brackish sea breeze was blowing from behind, Mori Ogai stared at the two people in front of him, his expression lightened.

"If I remember correctly, we are still an alliance. As my ally, Your Excellency Fukuzawa should not stop me."

"The so-called ally relationship is not for me to follow you to do anything wrong."

Fukuzawa Yukichi took a few steps forward, his gaze became more determined after circling the expressionless Yosano Akiko.

"This child should not be taken away by you, she should be protected, not paid."

"No kidding, there's no peace without the sacrifice of a small number of people."

Mori Ogai scoffed at Fukuzawa Yukichi's statement.

"Peace cannot be obtained by talking about it. Are you still naive to think that you can get the result without any effort?"

"Even so, it's not something a child should bear."

Not to mention the child who was tortured by you!If Miki Nozomi was not tied up by you, I would really...

Thinking of this in his heart, Fukuzawa Yukichi pressed his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, ready to go.

"Bringing a child to hell again, I will not allow such a thing to happen before my eyes!"

"Stop joking, Fukuzawa Yukichi."

Mori Ogai laughed angrily at the other party's words. The scalpel stretched out from his hand, and the sharp blade gleamed glaringly in the sun. Even the address was changed from the original Fukuzawa-dono to his full name.

"Don't use [Undead Alliance], can you use you to defeat the powerful Hong Kong black leader? Only [Undead Alliance] is the best answer!"

"Best answer?"

Fukuzawa Yukichi stepped forward quickly, and the sharp blade met the scalpel in Mori Ogai's hand,

"An answer with only reason and no heart is not the best answer at all."

"Heart? War is not a game of playing tricks!"

Mori Ogai retorted without hesitation.

"The so-called heart will only make people lose!"

The two adults fought directly without a few words, and Yosano Akiko was taken aback for a moment, but at this moment, a hand suddenly appeared on her shoulder.

"It's really annoying, isn't it?"

A voice full of vitality rang in his ears, Yosano Akiko turned his head, and what he saw was Edogawa Ranpo's squinted eyes.

"You hate that Lolicon too, don't you?"

With Yosano Akiko: "..."

More than disgusting?If the other party hadn't threatened her with Axi, she would never have given the other party a little reaction now!

"I'm Ashi's friend, and I've been friends with Ashi since he was 'four years old'."

Deliberately emphasizing the tone of a certain two words, Edogawa Ranbu put one hand on his hip, looking proud.

"I can tell you everything Mori Ogai can tell you, would you like to chat with me?"

As he said that, he held Yosano Akiko's hand and walked to the side without hesitation, turning his head and talking while walking.

"But even if you are also Axi's friend, I am the first one, and Axi also promised me that I will not make new friends with each other, so now you are my second friend."

"You are……"

Yosano Akiko suddenly recovered.

"That Edogawa... Ranpo?"

It was the friend that Axi mentioned when they occasionally told each other about the past in private.

"It's me!"

Edogawa Ranpo was even more proud.

"I knew that Axi told you about me. You might as well ask me about Mori Ogai, because my supernatural ability [super reasoning] is the most powerful ability in the world. You can know everything just by looking at it!"

As he spoke, he took off the glasses he had been wearing and put them back into his pocket, and then took out the metal butterfly hair ornament that Nozomi Miki gave him in his pocket again, and handed it to the other party.

"Axi gave it to me. She found it after she finally talked to you, because it was already time to log in at that time, so she couldn't return it to you."

"She thinks you like it very much, it's important to you. Well...you really like it, but that big fool just doesn't think he is more important."

Speaking of this, Edogawa Ranpo's face puffed up visibly with the naked eye.

"It's obvious that she is very important, but she always puts herself below the important ones. It really makes people angry just looking at her, don't you think?"

"It's Ash..."

The familiar hair accessories were placed in his hands, carrying the unique coldness of metal.Yosano Akiko raised her head in a flash, looking at Edogawa Ranpo with eagerness in her eyes.

"She is now..."

"she's fine."

Sighing, Edogawa Ranpo answered truthfully.

"For herself, she can say that she is fine without hesitation, and even she herself feels quite relaxed."

"Herself?"

Not being confused by the phrase "she's fine", Yosano Akiko keenly grasped the strangeness in Ranpo's words.

"Ahh - this is where I struggle too."

Rubbing his hair in distress, Edogawa Ranpo did not answer the other party.

"Because of this kind of thing, I only told you after I promised Axi, and the first thing to do now is to do other things."

After all, if it is said now, I am afraid that it is not with Yosano Akiko who will choose to stay with Axi desperately because of guilt and other reasons, and maybe even the [Undead Alliance] will become willing.

This result was not what Axi wanted to see, so when she delivered the butterfly hair ornament, she also emphatically told herself that she could not tell Akiko, and she could tell only after she was sure that she had really left Mori Ogai.

After all, Akiko Yosano would definitely think too much.

Recalling the scene at that time in my heart, the information that flashed after seeing Yosano Akiko was in my mind.

She would definitely think that she was the cause of Axi's father's death, and that it was because of herself that Axi had to follow Mori Ogai.

At this time, if Mori Ogai confuses something else, he will definitely join Mori Ogai's side with guilt.

"Well, anyway, as long as you agree, it's okay to tell you."

The two of them were already far away from the fighting range of the adults over there, and even the sound of the scalpel colliding with the gun had disappeared.

Edogawa Ranpo finally stopped and turned to face Yosano Akiko.

"Join the detective agency. My detective agency doesn't need your superpowers. After all, the most important thing for a detective agency is reasoning."

As he said this, his blue eyes were revealed, and he stared at Yosano Akiko who was in a daze without blinking.

"You know she doesn't want you back in hell."

"You, Yosano Akiko, are entitled to have light."

With Yosano Akiko: "..."

Looking down at the butterfly hair ornament in his hand, he murmured softly.

"Bright...hell..."

That's right, if she didn't want to let herself leave Mori Ogai, why would she give things to Edogawa Ranpo?She even wrote a letter to tell herself, so Axi must have known about this in advance, so that's why it happened, right?

So Ash is on the bright side too?She has been paying attention to herself, even the weekly letter is...

Yes, every week, every week, she would see the butterfly emitting a faint light, flying out of the void, illuminating her own darkness, and never absent.

The letters that have lasted for three years, if they are real paper, should be a thick box.

The hand holding the butterfly hair ornament tightened even more, Yosano Akiko restrained her reddish eye sockets, and replied with a slightly hoarse voice.

"it is good."

There was light in her violet eyes, she stared at Edogawa Ranpo's eyes, as if seeing the girl who saved her.

In the next second, she made her own decision.

"I'm joining a detective agency."

I will be just as you expect - to step into the light.

"Ahhh—and don't forget one more thing."

Nodding his head, finally fulfilling the goal of poaching the wall, Edogawa said in a serious manner with his hands on his hips.

"After we become friends, we won't be friends with other people."

As he spoke, he showed three fingers.

"Ah Xi, me, and you, from now on, will be each other's only friends, the absolute three."

Yosano Akiko: ...?

"Absolutely, absolutely, you can't find other friends! Otherwise, what if Ah Xi finds other people to be friends because of this?"

Speaking of this, Edogawa Ranpo's cheeks became angry again.

"Originally, I was the only friend. Now I can at most let you join Akiko, but the others don't even think about it!"

Counting myself, there are already two, no more!

"But……"

Unable to bear it, he refuted with Yosano Akiko.

"It should be normal for ordinary people to have several friends, right?"

Even when she was working part-time, she still had acquaintances, and many of them would take care of herself.

"But Axi is not ordinary!"

Waving his hands willfully, he looked at Akiko with caution, and his words seemed to draw the other party and himself into the same camp.

"Think about it, you don't want Ah Xi to give our attention to other people because he has found other friends!"

With Akiko Yosano:! ! !

If there are other friends of Axi...

No, if that new friend treats Axi well, instead of holding her back like myself, if being more mature can help Axi love Axi, then I...

Seeing that his thoughts with Akiko Yosano became more and more biased, and his whole body almost turned towards selfless dedication, Edogawa Ranpo hurriedly opened his mouth to interrupt his thoughts.

As if to increase the seriousness of the matter, he had a serious face, and what he said was simply murderous.

"Think about it, if Axi can't write to you in time because he has a new friend, he can only postpone it, and Axi refuses your invitation because he has to take care of the new friend, and Axi is in crisis because of the new friend! Tired!"

With Akiko Yosano:! ! ! ! ! !

"do not talk!"

Pressing Edogawa Ranpo's hand to give an example, Yosano Akiko's eyes instantly became sharp.

"You're right, friends like us are enough, those hot chickens with malicious intentions are absolutely not allowed to get close to Axi!"

Anyone who really dares to drag Ashley down with Ashley must be driven away!No, the spicy chicken will accept the punishment for me! ! !

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