Acting as a sword, forced to "fall in the dark".

Because Edogawa Ranpo didn't remember the way at all, and Shi Bai was not familiar with this area, so in the end the two of them didn't go to the newly opened cake shop, but bought it at a dessert shop next to the tram. Some sweets that fit Edogawa Rampo's preferences.

Edogawa Ranpo didn't care about Shibai's thoughts in the form of a child. He was still so self-willed, and he didn't feel guilty about letting a child who was only one meter tall take snacks, and he took it for granted.

"Who told me to be a detective!" If you ask, you will probably get such an answer.

Shibai held the body sword that didn't match his current height in both arms, and held the newly bought wagashi in his hand. He looked at the sky and asked, "Speaking of which, what is the commission this time? gentlemen."

Edogawa ranbo propped his hands behind his head, and said casually, "A commission to solve a murder case."

"The police in this city are really incompetent. Without me, they wouldn't even be able to catch a murderer." Edogawa Ranpo, who had always been self-centered, was obviously complaining, but his tone sounded like an adult He felt as helpless as a child, "But there's nothing I can do about it, who made my [Super Reasoning] the most powerful ability!"

"It's only natural that you would rely on me like this!"

Because he was holding something in his hand, he couldn't applaud at all, so he responded with his mouth: "You are indeed Mr. Luanbu!"

Even he, who doesn't like reading and doesn't know about literary giants, knows that in his own world there is a great writer of detective novels called [Edogawa Ranpo].According to this commonality... Could it be that Mr. Natsume's supernatural ability means that the confession under the moon must be successful?

The memory related to the school's memory books is only a hundred of the famous line "The moonlight is so beautiful", and I still haven't correctly recognized the extraordinary things in this world.

However, these words of praise for Edogawa Ranpo are not perfunctory at all.After all, he can tell that Edogawa Ranpo is really an ordinary person, but people around him say that he has supernatural powers, and even he himself thinks so, so things are very interesting.

The official explanation of [Super Reasoning] is that as long as this ability is activated, the truth of all time can be seen instantly.Edogawa Ranpo, who claims to have this ability, is a veritable ordinary person.

If Edogawa Ranpo didn't have the corresponding ability, then this lie would have been exposed from the very beginning, instead of making everyone (including himself) believe it like this.

That is to say, Edogawa Ranpo is an [ordinary person] who has a special ability to subvert the world's principles like a god.

Well, he no longer knows how to write the word "common", what Shibai thought in his heart.

When Shibai was not disturbed by external objects, the thoughts in his head turned quickly, so when he returned to reality, Edogawa Ranpo continued to say to him in a rather casual way: "I heard that this commission is quite It's bad, because I have no choice but to entrust me, it is related to the previous serial murder case."

"Specifically, you will know when it passes!"

Because Shibai was holding the sword, they didn't take any tram, but relied on the address provided by Xie Ye Akiko to come to an ordinary building.

Although there are currently only three members of the Armed Detective Agency, they are indeed officially certified. Thanks to this name, no one will question the sword Shibai is holding—well, why do children carry weapons? Just ignore the problem, don't worry about it.

"Ah, Mr. Ranpo, you are finally here!" A young man in a police uniform saw the figure appearing from a distance, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Edogawa Ranpo was obviously familiar with the other party, and greeted him with a smile: "Mr. Yasui!"

The policeman named Yasui still had a file in his hand, so he got straight to the point. Obviously, this trouble had troubled him for a long time, "The name of the victim this time is..."

For this kind of official information that can be known at a glance, Edogawa Ranpo immediately became dissatisfied: "Who do you think I am, Mr. Yasui!"

Officer Yasui paused, and then immediately showed a sudden smile: "Sorry, I'll take you to the scene right now."

Officer Yasui who said these words noticed the gray-haired Xiaotuanzi standing obediently at the foot of Edogawa Ranbu, and was a little puzzled: "This child is...?"

"Oh, the newcomer of our detective agency, don't worry about him." Edogawa Ranpo replied, and then urged Yasui to take him to the murder scene.

On the contrary, Officer Yasui looked at the little child and hesitated a little. Shibai saw this and raised a smile: "Please don't worry, Mr. Yasui, I am Mr. Ranpo's assistant."

Edogawa Ranpo immediately retorted: "I'm not the kind of second-rate detective who needs an assistant!"

Police Officer Yasui obviously cooperated with Edogawa Ranpo many times, and he didn't express anything about these noisy conversations that even included belittling the police, with a helpless expression on his face.

There is no way, after all, the existence of Edogawa Ranpo means that all investigation agencies are meaningless.Because as long as it is handed over to him, everything will end in an instant.

Shibai followed the two adults in small steps until he arrived at the scene of the crime. Only then did he finally realize what the vaguely familiar feeling in his heart was.

[Yamashita Uichiro] who had lost his head while sitting on a chair, and the room with the window open that smelled already.

This seems to be a bit too much of a coincidence.

"Just yesterday, the neighbors who also live here called the police and said that the house was emitting a rotten smell. No one responded to the knock on the door. After we came in, we found these."

Officer Yasui was referring to the screen that appeared on the computer screen that the deceased had never turned off—as long as they followed the line to investigate, they could immediately learn from the clues at the scene that the deceased was the murderer of the previous serial murders.

"Hey, haven't you already solved it?" Edogawa Ranpo said with some dissatisfaction: "I thought there were more interesting things."

Police Officer Yasui smiled wryly and said: "That's not the case, the deceased's ID card does not match the file, so where is the real Mr. [Yamashita Youichiro] now, and the children who disappeared before the deceased's death have not yet been found. , I am not sure whether those children also suffered..."

Most people who will become policemen have a strong sense of justice. Many times, although they know rationally, their emotions make them unconsciously think in a good direction.

Edogawa paused for a while, then took out the glasses that he didn't know where he put them, "I understand, Mr. Yasui wants me to confirm the current location of the real Yamashita Youichiro and those dead children, right?"

"...Did you die?" Officer Yasui lowered his eyes somewhat in shock, but he still added a sentence with an attitude towards business affairs, "Not only that, although from my personal point of view, I think the deceased deserves nothing, but as a policeman, I Our job is still to find the culprit who killed the deceased."

"Leave it to me!" Edogawa Ranpo put on the pair of black-rimmed glasses as he said this, and his aura changed instantly—as if he really had special abilities—and his emerald green eyes opened , that sharp gaze that seemed to be able to see through everything, like a medical instrument, completely spread everything out. 【Super Reasoning——! 】

"...So that's how it is." Edogawa Ranpo, who said such words, looked a little serious. He took the pen and the map that Officer Yasui had prepared, and painted red markers on it at a very fast speed. The pen and ink drew several red circles.

Every time Edogawa Ranpo draws one more stroke, Yasui's expression turns ugly, "Are there still so many..."

Edogawa Ranbo raised his head, and complained childishly: "If you had entrusted a detective earlier, this would not have happened!"

Officer Yasui sighed, "I was not in charge of the previous work..."

Regarding the more specific conflicts within the police, Officer Yasui did not intend to explain it, so he changed the subject and asked dryly: "Then the murderer is...?"

Edogawa Ranpo replied in a rather cold tone: "If you can't catch it, give it up."

Officer Yasui was taken aback: "What?"

"The murderer this time is from the Mafia side, but he just happened to pass by and saw that the deceased was unhappy, so he did it." Edogawa Ranpo answered this question in a rather childish way.

The police and the mafia have always maintained a delicate balance. If the mafia is doing things, and the deceased has the identity of a murderer, the greatest possibility is that it will only be traced formally, and then it will be stored in the file and it will be considered as the end .

Police Officer Yasui has incredible trust in Edogawa Ranpo. With just one sentence, without any evidence, he has completely believed this statement, and said: "Although it is not very good to say this, it is the first time I I think the mafia did a good thing."

"Please come here, Mr. Ranpo."

Edogawa ranpo snorted arrogantly, and left the position with Shibai who had been quietly.It wasn't until he walked out of the range of the police that he suddenly said in a declarative tone: "You killed the man, right?"

Shibaku raised his head, and with a smile that didn't fit a child, he met Edogawa Ranpo's eyes.

Edogawa Ranpo didn't care about these things, instead he said, "It's 30 minutes before we get off work, do you want to take Ranpo-sama and me back to the detective agency, or—"

——Do you choose to join the detective agency, or refuse?

Shibai smiled and replied: "Mr. Ranpo, didn't you say before that you wanted to go to that newly opened cake shop? I'll take you there."