After I retired, I became a Butei clerk

On the way back with Dazai Osamu, Shiratori Eri accidentally found Edogawa Ranpo who was circling on a road.

She and Dazai-senpai looked at each other, and found that neither of them knew the reason why he appeared here, so they hurried up to stop Edogawa Ranpo who was wandering alone by the roadside.

"Ranbu-san, why are you here alone with no one to accompany you?"

Osamu Dazai called out to Ranpo Edogawa, who was staring at the signboard of the dessert shop in a daze, and casually observed the surrounding environment a few times. After seeing him turn his head to his side, he immediately focused his eyes on Eri Shiratori, Osamu Dazai There was a flash of clarity in his eyes, it turned out to be like this.

Shiratori Eri, who was being stared straight at, was a little puzzled. She looked at Edogawa Ranpo blankly. After seeing her, her eyes that had no target and focus changed, and she observed herself complicatedly, as if she was puzzled. And aggrieved, and a little frustrated.

She had no choice but to look at Osamu Dazai, hoping that this senior could give her some hints.

But Osamu Dazai just spread his hands, didn't say anything, and then sent out an invitation with a chuckle, "Ranpo-san, if you have nothing to do, would you like to go to Erika's house with me for a light meal, I'm currently recovering at Erika's house .Ah, by the way, Eri-chan, is it okay?"

At the end, he turned around and asked Shiratori Eri for her opinion, winked at her in a corner where Edogawa Ranpo could not see, and Shiratori Eri who received his signal looked at Edogawa Ranpo , sincerely asked, "Master Detective, would you like to come to my house for dinner?"

Edogawa Ranpo, who was invited by the two, stared at them silently, then puffed up his face, as if relieved, and spoke listlessly, "Okay~, I want to eat something sweeter. "

"No problem, shall we go together then?"

Shiratorie spoke a little nervously, then watched Edogawa Ranbu walk with them for a while, bought a lot of snacks, ate and played, and then recovered his usual vitality, and began to complain to Osamu Dazai about his The strange masters I met on the road concluded in one sentence angrily, "The famous detective just took the wrong road a few more times, and those grown-ups looked at the famous detective with a very surprised look, which is really irritating gone."

"Remembering the route is not something that a detective can consider at all!"

"Yes, yes. How can other people understand the power of the famous detective? We all rely on you to solve the case." Dazai Osamu coaxed him with a smile, and finally made Edogawa Ranpo happy, very proud "That's natural."

While talking, they arrived at the door of Shiratori Eri's house. Dazai Osamu took out the key to open the door with a natural expression, which made Edogawa scramble twice, and finally followed in without saying a word, but let the whole way I feel that I am more and more confused by Shiratori Eri, who is silently paying attention to him, what happened?

She felt that Senior Dazai was playing charades with Edogawa along the way, and deliberately skipped herself again and again.

This kind of doubt was still lingering in her mind until she quickly cleaned up the house, let the two men sit at home and drink tea, and she went out to buy ingredients in a shopping mall not far away, but she always felt that she couldn't think of anything. It made her very puzzled.

After Shiratori Eri went out for a while, Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo, who waited quietly and obediently for her to come back, started their real discussion.

Osamu Dazai leaned back on the sofa, found a comfortable position, and opened his mouth with a smile, "Well~, forget it, Ranpo-san, Shiratori forgot to call you because he cared about me, but I didn't expect you to deduce that she is back, which is really amazing."

Osamu Dazai recalled a series of things that happened since Shiratori Eri disappeared.

Because he has lived with Eri-chan for a long time, he has learned a lot about the characteristics and laws of her abilities, coupled with the correspondence with Hong Kong Hei, he boldly speculates that she may appear in their territory of Hong Kong Hei, and use favors to ask the Central Plains Zhong also pays attention to her return.

But even so, he still has no way of knowing when Shiratori Eri will appear, especially the longer the time drags on, the more his heart sinks.After all, Shiratori Eri's ability seems to have a lot of flaws at present, and even his mental state seems to be disturbed by something, which is good and bad, which does not conform to normal psychological changes at all.

No one can guarantee what problems she will face, what choices she will make, and what dangers she will encounter.

Although he was very confident in his deduction, he couldn't say he could see through the future, so he didn't let go of the worries that surfaced from time to time until today when the little man called him and told him that Eri-chan had appeared in his room.

Now it seems that Erika came to the hospital after receiving his call, and after contacting another man, she forgot to report to the detective agency that she was safe, but the situation may be more than that.

He kept his guess in his heart, and waited for Ranpo Edogawa to speak. It didn't take long before he waited for this famous detective whose real emotions were not as high as he showed to speak.

"I didn't speculate that Shiratori came back," Edogawa Ranpo opened his dark green eyes, looked directly at Osamu Dazai who seemed to be surprised by what he said, and said calmly, "I felt it. "

"How to say?"

Curiosity appeared on Dazai Osamu's face, and he motioned for Edogawa Ranpo to continue expressing his feelings.

Edogawa Ranpo seemed to be holding back in his heart for a long time, and he didn't want to continue to hide it, so he said with a heavy face, "Dazai, in fact, you knew from the beginning that my super reasoning is not a supernatural power, right?"

"Well, this is true. Because when I first came to the detective agency, I tried it out of curiosity. I pinched your hair when Ranpo-san activated your ability, and then I knew it. You also know my ability. of. So..."

Osamu Dazai smiled and said as if he was embarrassed, his face was full of an expression that he was discovered unexpectedly.

Edogawa Ranpo who got his answer nodded nonchalantly, "Actually, I already knew it myself."

"Eh?"

Osamu Dazai widened his eyes slightly, slightly stupefied, "I didn't expect this."

"That's natural. If a lord detective wants to keep it a secret, there won't be any omissions."

Edogawa Ranpo stuffed a donut into his mouth, and said vaguely, "When I was in a combination, I knew that my ability was not a supernatural power. I was not in a good mood at the time, and I caught up with you and Bai When Bird was having a fight and the two of them ignored each other, I took her to solve the case just for fun."

"It was during that time that I realized what was wrong with her."

"When I was in the car with her, I felt that the white bird was going to disappear in front of me for a moment, and the strange premonition dissipated after calling her. But since that day, I have a faint feeling about her state. Joyo's vague perception has also been silently observing her."

Originally, because Edogawa Ranpo commented that the stalemate between him and Shiratori Eri during that period was like a child's awkwardness, Osamu Dazai didn't know how to react, so he had to smile slightly awkwardly.

But as Edogawa Ranbu calmly described his and Shiratori Eri's experience in solving the case in the past few days, and what he felt was wrong in the process, Dazai Osamu also put away his expression and began to think about it. After getting up, he finally came to a difficult conclusion, with doubt and wavering in his eyes.

"No!"

He seemed to think of something.Edogawa Ranpo only spoke, and his dark green eyes fluctuated due to emotional fluctuations, "I will talk about my speculation first. A detective only believes in his own mind and observation, and he doesn't believe in God. But there are Sometimes I have to explain it with something beyond the power and the world, otherwise I can't figure out what happened to Shiratori."

"You have also seen these sword patterns in Shiratori's house," Edogawa Ranpo picked up a brown pillow placed on the sofa, pointed to the sword patterns there and said to Osamu Dazai, "This is Umaru."

He put it down and picked it up from another blue pillow. After observing the pattern of the sword, he said again, "This is Mikami Tsukimune, and the hand-made Rubik's Cube that Shiratori placed in the detective agency before, and it is also full of famous swords. Knife pattern."

"In other words, many anecdotes and rumors are related to gods, or swords with important status and fame in history have appeared in her form in the form of sword patterns, and she inadvertently mentioned the sword skills she learned. It can be determined that she has been systematically exposed to these trainings related to famous knives."

"Secondly, when she came to the detective agency, she did show that she was uncomfortable with many things, but her information showed that she had been studying at school and lived at home until she was 18 years old. There was almost no news about her during this period. It’s as if this person does not exist in the world. Given that she is so close to our detective agency, is it possible that she hasn’t come out to meet us for two years? Or, as she has been studying intermittently, her common sense awareness will Is it terribly indifferent?"

"For example, because you asked her because you were injured, she really let you live in her house, and she didn't feel uncomfortable because the house was lived by others."

Osamu Dazai didn't say a word when he listened to Edogawa Ranpo's analysis. He didn't let out a sound until he called his name, put his hand on his chin, and said with a smile, "Probably because Eri-chan is very unique, I can't help but want to get up close." Observe her?"

"Eri-chan mentioned that she had recuperated due to illness since middle school. If so, this person's physique is absolutely impossible to be very healthy. However, Eri-chan actually has a very high physical fitness, and she also possesses superb military strength and light agility , her faint and almost non-existent presence, and her strange ability to deal with curses all show that she is different."

"That's why I've always been curious. And Ranpo-san, although I live with Eri-chan, I'm very disciplined. I live in the guest room honestly, and I haven't touched Eri-chan with a single finger. .”

Osamu Dazai expressed his dissatisfaction in an extremely aggrieved tone, "I couldn't help but want to know Eri-chan, so I was kicked out by Eri-chan directly. I'm super sad."

His muttering made Edogawa Ranbu curl his lips, and suppressed it with a louder voice than him, "It's reasonable for you to install a bug in the bedroom of the girl's house."

He only got Dazai Osamu's pure smile and innocent little eyes plus one.

Seeing him like this, Edogawa Ranpo continued to analyze, with more and more emotion in his eyes.

"I have always adhered to the principle that I will not investigate until she tells me, but when she disappeared this time and I made a mistake in my judgment, I found out when she first asked to go to Tokyo, and in the end she happened to be on a mission with you." In the mission report, it mentioned onmyojis and strange creatures. In the end, she had an accident in the haunted house and was injured by a knife. Of course, I also summarized other situations, but..."

In the end, Edogawa Ranpo was extremely confused, "I have always been proud of my reasoning ability, and nothing will escape the eyes of the famous detective. After I boldly speculated, I came to the conclusion that Bai The bird may have been raised by the Shinto organization that raised her as a sacrifice to sacrifice swords and mourning gods. And it is already being implemented."

"But there is still something that doesn't make sense, no, my head hurts."

"Ranpo-san." Shocked by his sudden covering of his head, Osamu Dazai quickly got up and went to support him, with anxious eyes, "How do you feel!"

Edogawa, who was supported by him, closed his eyes and shook his head in disorder, with a painful expression on his face, "The more I think about Shiratori, the more blurred her impression in my mind is, and if I force myself to think too much, there will be something in my mind that hinders her. If you block it back, it hurts like a needle prick, just like the white bird itself is not allowed to be explored too much."

He forced himself to sit up, wiped off the cold sweat from his head, and looked up at Osamu Dazai who hadn't expressed his opinion yet, "Dazai, what do you think?"

Osamu Dazai sighed, with mixed emotions in his eyes, and sat next to Edogawa Ranpo, "I have slightly different ideas from Ranpo-san, but looking at it now, maybe my opinion is even more wrong. But I still say it to Ranpo Listen up, Busang."

Seriously, he was serious and indifferent, and said to Edogawa Ranpo who was about to listen to his opinion, "Ranpo-san, have you heard of books?"