I'm on the scramble

However, the ensuing gust of wind around him made this ostentatious famous detective handsome for less than three seconds. Unable to stand still, he immediately fell to the periphery of the wind and sand, "Wow!"

With a plop, Luanbu fell into the pond, only then did Ah Li see clearly that behind him was the courtyard on the side of the corridor of the hot spring villa.

"Random!"

The blurred and scattered consciousness was finally gathered back, and Ah Li, who became nervous for a moment, dropped everything without hesitation, threw himself into catching the light vine he cast, and was taken away from the world full of sadness behind him.

From day to night, from boundless despair to her light.

Back in the courtyard of the real world, the pervasive blue-grey mist has weakened a lot compared to the beginning, and one can faintly see a black shadow carrying malicious intent hidden in it.

"How dare you play with a young girl's feelings, I think you are ready to die—"

The fingertips touched the rear position with precision, and what they touched caused Ah Li's impetuous mood to settle instantly.She drew the knife out of its sheath again, and the blade made a metallic sound on the mouth of the sheath.Aiming at the direction of the ghost, Ah Li stabbed in quickly and ruthlessly.

The ghost image suffered from pain, and the entire shadow became distorted.

"Ahhh-"

That cry didn't seem to be the sound of any kind of species that existed in the other world, but was more inclined to the howling of monsters unwilling to give up.As the sound waves transmitted to the skin on his body, Ah Li, who was closest to it, actually triggered a somatosensory memory that did not belong to him.

Red is a shocking blood red.

It was a picture of the ghost being brutally abused during his lifetime. The perspective was chaotic and black and red. He was forced to fight with a strong man in a 'fair' way with finger cuffs on, but this was not an evenly matched battle.His brain was shattered and his bones were shattered, like a pomegranate whose pulp had been blown apart by a fist.

The extremely painful and miserable experience created its resentment that cannot be resolved.

Recognizing the gray-haired man in the picture, Ah Li, who was forced to empathize with the ghost, covered his forehead, trying to relieve the dizziness that invaded his brain.

"The murderer who killed you turned out to be...that guy."

The special thing about this ghost is that the power of empathy is too strong, otherwise it would not have pulled out the memory deep in her mind before.Ah Li shook his head and quickly regained his spirit.

"So it's true that the murderer likes to go back to the scene of the crime to watch such things, and that's why it stimulated you who are bound here..."

And because of his growing resentment and accidentally devouring the ghost of the second victim in the hot spring, his strength has evolved into such an uncontrollable state.

Ah Li, who discovered the truth, cursed secretly, but she didn't have much sympathy for the victim in front of her.

"No matter how tragic your past is, it's not an excuse for you to hurt others."

Ah Li said softly: "I will punish the criminal for you, and then you can sleep well."

After a short while, her speed soared so high that it was difficult to catch her afterimage. The specially made 'Sand Sand' had a rough frosted blade, but an extremely sharp front. The blade pointed towards the ghost's life gate like flowing water. Cut it off together with resentment.

The black poem in the night sky bloomed in this blow, the Styx flowed backwards in the sky, and the sad golden rain of tears fell down.Unwillingly, the ghost shadow disappeared into this world. Under the effect of the supernatural power, its existence, accumulated grievances, and all painful experiences all disappeared completely.

Ah Li put the knife back into its sheath, and was finally able to turn around to observe the famous detective who accidentally fell into the pond.Unfortunately, he turned into a drowning cat, his whole body was wet.

"How are you, Ranpo, are you not injured?!"

Ah Li hurried over and dragged him out of the pond.

There are petals of late cherry blossoms floating in the pond on a spring night, and the water is quite cold.

"It's too late to find me!"

Ranpo was very dissatisfied with her for paying so much attention to her own affairs, and couldn't help complaining.

This will pull her hand to get up, with several petals scattered on her head.He shook his head, like a small animal with its fur fluttering, and shook off the things and water droplets on the top of his head, his whole body looked listless.

Ah Li was shaken by him, and it was rare that he didn't care about it in a good temper. He wiped his face and coaxed: "I have to get rid of that ghost just now."

Otherwise, the fundamental problem still cannot be solved.

Of course Luanbu knew about this kind of thing, he was just looking for an excuse to act like a baby with Ah Li.

Hugging Ah Li without any explanation, Luanbu rubbed his head left and right on her shoulder vigorously, as if treating her like a useful and fragrant towel.

He rubbed and muttered: "The shadow you cut off is what made everyone wander around at night today?"

"Well, that's the wronged soul who died here. Through his memories, I roughly know who the murderer is. It's just that I want to arrest him and bring him to justice, but there is still a lack of favorable and directional evidence..."

The police can't arrest people casually, especially the clues she got by relying on her ability that can't be put on the table.

Ah Li, who was in the arms of the bamboo horse, gradually got used to the feeling of being surrounded by him. Because she was thinking about the man she met in the corridor this morning, it was difficult for her to distract herself from her current situation.

"If you go to the front desk and ask about the guest's check-out record this morning, you can get his identity information. Although the suspect is locked, should the police be called to deal with this matter? No, because they can't find any evidence, so Should the people from [Cang] come over?"

[Cang] is an organization that I have also contacted in the case that Ah Li solved before. It is a government unit specially established by the government's foreign affairs analyst.They seem to be currently developing a new method of solving crimes, which can use a device called "Children Ling" to detect murderous particles in the air.After they have fully developed the structure of the [well], it can be put into use, and the criminal's information and murder methods can be searched in the [well].

Wait, looking for the existing murder method in the 'well'...?

This sentence made Ah Li feel inexplicably cold, as if thinking of something.

"It should be a coincidence." She murmured so, and then thought about other things, "In that case, I think we can find enough evidence to prove that person is the murderer, but I just need to contact the government department at [Cang], It would be quicker to establish a relationship with the military and police. Is it better to find Yezi or Tiaoye...

While Ah Li was thinking about these messy things in her little head, the detective opposite her who let go of her hand had no such convoluted thoughts at all.

"It's up to you whoever you want." Feeling that he was still heavy, Lord Ranbu decided to rely on himself and pinched the sleeves of his bathrobe.

As expected, he soaked really well in the pool, and squeezed out a lot of water in an instant without any technical content.Now he cares more about another matter than the case, and he looks unhappy.

"You actually interrupted Ranpo-sama's hard-fought confession, damn it..."

It was only after he finished speaking that he remembered that this sentence might be heard by the person concerned, his little eyes quietly fixed on A Li, and found that A Li blinked at him.

Anticipating what would happen next, the discerning detective immediately prolonged his tone and threatened: "Ali, you should have heard what Lord Ranpo wanted to say to you at that time, right, you are not allowed to renege on your debt!"

However, Ah Li really pretended to look around on purpose: "Huh? You wanted to say something to me at that time, I don't remember."

Luanbu was so angry that he stomped over and pinched her cheek: "You know it clearly, but you still have to play dumb here!"

Ah Li slapped his palm indiscriminately, and said angrily: "I just didn't hear it, I didn't hear it, I didn't hear it, I want to listen to it again!"

That was a rare confession, Ah Li would never just pass it off like this.At this time, he was staring at his face intently, even though he was blushing with shame, he did not want to back down, apparently waiting here to be interrupted.

"Obviously I was shy before, why are you so determined now..."

Under her eyes, Luanbu muttered something awkwardly.

This place is different from the original scene in the Japanese room, it is outside with a clear view.The moonlight shone unobstructed on the pond in the courtyard, and the broken light reflected from the silver court floated on the water surface, making it clear whether they were shy and stubborn or trying to calm down.

Luanbu suddenly thought of the memory he saw in the fog.Even though most of them are sad things, there are still moments of happiness for them. His mind is pure, and he has always been able to quickly adjust himself.

And the happy memories connected with her still linger in the mind of this famous detective with a surprisingly good memory.

Luanbu raised his hand to wipe off the drops of water from his hair, held back for a while and asked her, "Ali, do you remember what we used to play in the sandpit?"

This memory is so long ago that Ah Li couldn't remember it for a while: "The bunker? When?"

Luanbu took a deep breath and said, "It was the sand dune park where we played together near our home when we were young."

"Actually, I didn't like you very much at first."

Speaking of this, Ranbu suddenly felt a sense of crisis that could not be ignored coming from the opposite side. .

"Wait, wait a minute! It was just a long time ago."

Seeing that Ah Li’s expression was wrong, his desire to survive was high, and he hurriedly explained in a panic, “Who told you to pretend to be good in front of my uncles, aunts and my parents when you knew me, and to be fierce to me when they’re not around?” of."

"I will snatch my snacks and my toys, and I'm still not used to me. Of course, as an elder brother than you, it's okay to give you some of these for the sake of your cuteness. But you look You don't look very smart, but Lord Ranpo teased you a little bit, and told you what I thought of you at that time."

"In the end, you got angry. Master Ranbu thought you would ignore me like the other children around me. I was really scared at the time."

At this point, Luanbu suddenly stopped.

"But you are so stupid, you are obviously still angry, but when other children bullied me, you stuffed me into the slide hole in the sand dune park, and you beat everyone away by yourself before you came in to find me .”

"It wasn't long before your ability was awakened, and you hid secretly, condensed it with sand, and turned into a bird to show me? That was the first time I saw that there were people with supernatural abilities in the world, and at the same time Also discovered a fact."

"It's not that you have been chasing me, but that my eyes have been chasing you."

At this moment, Ranpo turned his gaze to her.

"Remember what you said to me then?"

Ah Li repeated in a daze: "...what do you say?"

Luanbu immediately showed a bright smile, as if recalling the scene he saw in the illusion just now, the little girl hid in the slide hole, smiling brightly and flamboyantly at the boy squatting in front of her with her hips on her hips.

Then the winds of the whole world stopped blowing, the sun hid behind the clouds, the beautiful flowers closed their eyes, and all the shining gems hid their luster.

Only she is more dazzling than all the shining things in the world.

[I advise you to like me as soon as possible, otherwise it will be your loss! 】

Her existence officially entered his heart at that moment, blooming wantonly in the garden of his soul.

In the whole garden, only one rose is pampered for her.

"I didn't understand what that feeling was at first, but now I do."

Ranbu scratched his cheek with his index finger, his eyes wandered, but in the end he opened his emerald green eyes, stared at her seriously, and showed a confident and handsome smile under the sky that night.

"Ali, I fell in love with you earlier than you thought——!"

Every word in the confession was extremely clear, and it was blown by the wind to Ah Li's ears.The earlobe seemed to be scorched by his spell, and her cheeks gradually turned red.

"Random, random steps..." Ah Li stammered, parting his lips, not knowing exactly what he wanted to say.

And her bamboo horse has already walked in front of her step by step, and put its head towards her: "Master Luanbu has already talked about this, so there is no reward?"

He looked like asking for a reward majestically, and pouted: "Kiss me!"

Ah Li's thoughts were all blown up into fireworks in this sentence, and he couldn't help covering his mouth with his palm.

"Wow, there is no such thing as you..."

Luanbu took off her hand and chased after the victory: "I have already kissed you before, now it's your turn, Ah Li! Hurry up!"

That natural kissing tone forced Ah Li into an invisible blind spot. She had no choice but to hold back the hem of his bathrobe shyly with her fingertips, closed her eyes and stood on tiptoe to get closer to him. lip.

And just when she held her breath nervously and was about to press her lips against each other, a gust of cold wind blew by, and the black-haired young man in front of her couldn't help but sneezed.

"Ha, ha chirp—"

Totally ruined the atmosphere.

Fortunately, Ah Li had closed his eyes earlier, but he still sprayed him all over the face, and he was stunned, looking at him face to face, big eyes to small eyes.

Luanbu had a 'suffering' expression on his face, and hurriedly screamed and wiped his Ome's face with his sleeve.

But his sleeves were already wet, and they were still stained with pond water. The more he wiped the girl's face, the more embarrassed she became.

Ranpo originally thought that this move would annoy his sweetheart, but that was not the case.

Ah Li, whose face was being rubbed indiscriminately, burst out laughing suddenly: "Pfft, hahahaha...what is this all about!"

The detective's dignity was subtly damaged here, and his mouth puffed out.

"A Li...actually laughed at me..."

Taking advantage of the time the two spent together, Dazai and others from the detective agency finally broke the predicament of being trapped in the room and rushed outside to check the situation.

"Miss Li, Mr. Ranpo..."

Unexpectedly, just as Dazai came in with his front foot, he bumped into the current atmosphere of the two of them. His toes turned 180 degrees abruptly in mid-air, turned back and pushed back the members of the Armed Detective Agency who wanted to rush in.

"I can't pass, if I interrupt this time, I will really die."

And what awaits him will be an even more exaggerated "life is worse than death".

Dazai knew this very well, but Dun and his group who were blocked at the foot of the wall couldn't understand why he suddenly regarded the front as a dragon's pond and a tiger's lair.

"What's the matter, Mr. Dazai? What about Ms. Li and the others?"

But soon, they discovered the reason why Dazai blocked their death.

The girl in the courtyard finally stopped laughing under the aggrieved and accusing eyes of the No. 1 detective in the world.

She plunged her head into Luanbu's arms, and hugged his chest tightly, not only as a reply, but also shyly hid in his arms, thereby confessing to him that she was number one in the world.

"—Edogawa Ranpo, I like you too!"