Everyone in Yokohama thinks I'm a villain

Armed Detective Agency.

Before ten o'clock, Kunikida Doppo had already dealt with most of the work in hand.

He went downstairs, got a cup of coffee, and went upstairs to enjoy a rare break at his desk.

In the past few days, Osamu Dazai has rarely caused him any trouble—at least Doppo Kunikida didn’t receive a call from the police in the middle of the night informing him to claim a colleague who had attempted suicide—so Doppo Kunikida feels that everything around him has gone smoothly. beyond imagination.

To Kunikida Doppo, being able to live every day according to his own plan is the happiest thing in the world.

Kunikida Doppo took a sip of his coffee, and sincerely hoped that Osamu Dazai would maintain the status quo and not cause him any trouble in the future.

Thinking of this, he glanced casually at Osamu Dazai, who was supposed to be lying on the sofa reading the "Complete Suicide Manual", and found that Atsushi Nakajima was talking about something with him.

Kunikida Doppo: "Atsushi-kun, what's the matter?"

Hearing his voice, Atsushi Nakajima looked over, nodded and said, "Yes... a friend said that he will come to visit the Armed Detective Agency later."

"That's it." Kunikida Doppo replied.

Since Atsushi Nakajima's friends are coming, it has nothing to do with him—or rather, as long as his plans for today are not disrupted, he doesn't care how many friends come.

Kunikida Doppo was just about to tell Atsushi Nakajima not to forget about today's work, when he suddenly remembered that Atsushi Nakajima was born in an orphanage, so there should be few acquaintances in Yokohama.

To say that the only person who could be regarded as a friend was the astrologer he had met before.

—Wait, astrologer? ?

Kunikida Doppo turned to look at Atsushi Nakajima again: "Atsushi-kun, the friend you are talking about is..."

Atsushi Nakajima: "It's the astrologer I mentioned to you earlier, Mr. Kazama."

"cough,!"

Kunikida Doppo lost his right hand, the coffee cup clanged and fell on the desk, and half of the coffee left in it spilled on the keyboard of the computer, making the table all over the place.

Kunikida Doppo reacted for two seconds and quickly started to rescue the documents on the table.

"Mr. Kunikida,?! Are you okay!" Nakajima Atsushi was also startled, and hurriedly helped Kunikida Doppo to clean up the things on the table.

As a result, the document needs to be redone, but this time it will be easier because only the content is copied, but the keyboard is completely scrapped.

Kunikida Doppo's plan for today was completely disrupted at ten o'clock in the morning.

But he has no time to take care of these now.

"That 'astrologer' is coming to the Armed Detective Agency?!" Kunikida Doppo stood in front of Osamu Dazai very unsteadily, as if facing an enemy.

A few days ago, after learning that the wanted assistant to the director was in Yokohama, Kunikida Doppo naturally connected him with the astrologer that Atsushi Nakajima met, and got confirmation from Edogawa Ranpo afterwards. .

And now, this dangerous person actually wants to visit the Armed Detective Agency? !

Dazai Osamu looked at him with a smile, and said in a brisk tone, "Well, it's the one Kunikida-kun you're thinking of!"

He spoke without tension, as if talking about a trivial matter.

Atsushi Nakajima smiled dryly: "Yes."

——He was also a little nervous about this, but he was more concerned about the fact that he had been with Kazama and Kawakawa for so long without discovering the other party's identity.

Just imagine, you were still telling your seniors a few days ago that you met a friend with a kind personality, and today you find out that the other person is actually a wanted fugitive, which is really embarrassing.

Osamu Dazai and Atsushi Nakajima (on the surface) didn't react violently to this matter, so Kunikida Doppo was in a trance for a moment, thinking that he was too surprised... what a ghost! !

The person who is coming is a super-dangerous supernatural power user!It's not a simple role, if you don't take it seriously, something will happen.

Kunikida snatched the "Complete Suicide Manual" from Osamu Dazai's hand, raised his voice and asked, "Why did that astrologer come to the Armed Detective Agency?! Isn't he being wanted by the government?"

The Armed Detective Agency is also a supernatural organization recognized by the government. As a wanted criminal, how dare the astrologer come to the door openly? !

This is simply throwing himself into a trap, he must be too courageous, right? !

But according to Kunikida Doppo's perception of astrologers these days, the other party is not someone who would make such crazy moves.

Is there some conspiracy?

Osamu Dazai smiled and said, "Maybe there is a case that you want to entrust to the Armed Detective Agency?"

Kunikida Dobubu: "..."

Kunikida Doppo looked at Osamu Dazai with a mentally retarded look: "You mean, a wanted criminal came to the Armed Detective Agency and asked us to handle the case?"

This joke is too cold.

Kunikida Doppo feels that if he counts on Osamu Dazai, the Armed Detective Agency will close down within a few days.

He rubbed his temples with a headache, frowned and thought: "...what to do, the president is not here today, should we report this matter to the Supernatural Secret Service Section first?"

The more Kunikida Doppo thought about it, the more he felt that this was a good idea.Anyway, this is the person who is being tracked down by the Supernatural Secret Service Division, so it would be best to leave it to them.

"Then there's no need," Osamu Dazai said lightly, "Even if you report this matter to the Supernatural Secret Service Division, it's useless."

Kunikida looked at him alone: ​​"Why?"

"It's useless...?" Atsushi Nakajima was also a little surprised.

You know, when Kazama and Chuan met before, Osamu Dazai threatened to disclose the other party's whereabouts to the Supernatural Secret Service Division.

Osamu Dazai asked softly, "Do you think Kazama Kazukawa's identity as the assistant to the director of the Supernatural Special Affairs Department is just a decoration?"

Kunikida Doppo: "This..."

"Kazema Kazukawa was the assistant to the director, but he held the power second only to the director. Even if he defected to the Supernatural Secret Service Division now, he can do far more than we thought." Osamu Dazai raised his eyes and said Kunikida looked at each other alone, "Even the Supernatural Secret Service Division may have grasped his information now, but they chose to pretend not to know for various considerations."

Kunikida Doppo fell silent.

He originally only regarded Kazama and Chuan as a person with powerful abilities, but it was only now that he realized for the first time how troublesome the other party was.

Osamu Dazai smiled and put his hands together: "Anyway, don't worry, since you said you are here to visit the Armed Detective Agency, you can receive him as usual."

"By the way," Atsushi Nakajima suddenly thought of something, and asked Osamu Dazai, "Yesterday, after I told Mr. Ranpo that Mr. Kazama said he would come to thank you, Mr. Ranpo's reaction seemed strange."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Edogawa Ranpo who was sitting in a corner of the office.

The famous detective with black hair and blue eyes was sitting on the sofa with folded arms, staring at the newspaper on the coffee table, not knowing what he was thinking.

Atsushi Nakajima: "I feel like Mr. Ranpo is not very happy."

Atsushi Nakajima felt that this was really abnormal.

Edogawa Ranpo is a person who hardly cares about other people's affairs, and yesterday he would specifically remind Kazuma Kazukawa to investigate the murder case, which shows that Kazuma Kazukawa is a very important friend to him.

That being the case, why wasn't he happy after hearing that Kazuma Kazukawa was coming to visit him?

Osamu Dazai turned his head to look at Edogawa Ranpo, thoughtfully: "Maybe he's out of anger?"

Atsushi Nakajima was at a loss: "Angry??"

Osamu Dazai smiled and asked him, "Did Kazama-kun tell you about him and Mr. Ranpo?"

Atsushi Nakajima nodded: "Well, when I asked yesterday, Mr. Kazama said that he met Mr. Ranpo when he was working before."

According to Kazuma Kazukawa, the Supernatural Secret Service Division and the Armed Detective Agency have often cooperated many years ago.He also met Edogawa Ranpo because of this.

"That's it. Mr. Ranpo's ability to observe and reason beyond others makes him unable to communicate normally with others, but Kazama can probably easily understand what he is talking about."

"Then, Mr. Ranpo, why now..." Nakajima Atsushi looked at Edogawa Ranpo with some hesitation, still a little confused about the situation in front of him.

Osamu Dazai spread his hands: "You can understand this as, 'A very valued friend returned to Yokohama after many years, but he didn't come to see me for the first time', so he was angry."

Atsushi Nakajima: "????"

So this is the reason why Mr. Ranpo's reaction was so cold after I told Mr. Ranpo that I was going to Tokyo to see the exhibition?

Because he heard Edogawa Ranpo's psychological analysis from Osamu Dazai, Atsushi Nakajima instantly felt that the atmosphere in the detective agency was extremely oppressive.

Waiting until Kazama and Chuanlai, this situation has not eased in the slightest.

When he went out to meet Kazama and Kawakawa, Atsushi Nakajima hesitated: "Mr. Kazama, Mr. Ranpo..."

Kazuma Kazukawa didn't seem to worry about it at all, and said with a smile: "Well, I know. Don't worry."

Atsushi Nakajima took him upstairs to the Armed Detective Agency and opened the door.

In the detective agency, Edogawa Ranpo was still sitting on the sofa, holding a newspaper in his hand, staring straight ahead, as if he planned to completely ignore Kazama and Kawakawa.

Atsushi Nakajima looked back at Kazuma Kazukawa.

The latter smiled, greeted Kunikida Doppo silently, then walked to Edogawa Ranpo and sat down.

Seeing that Edogawa Ranbo still ignored him, the astrologer reached out and took the marble soda in front of the detective into his hand, shaking the liquid in the glass bottle: "After so many years, I finally returned to Yokohama, Ranpo You have never looked for me."

The young man sighed: "It's rare that I have waited so long."

Edogawa Ranpo:?

The detective slowly put down the newspaper in his hand, lost in thought.