The world's No.1 detective doll

One, two,.

It has been a few days since they entered the book, and under Yingzi's urging, Ranbu finally contacted the client on his own initiative, and reluctantly entered the main plot.

The client is the person in charge of the playground, and this invitation to Ranpo is to investigate the recent case of missing props in the playground.

According to the client, a week ago, the doll costumes in the playground, the costumes of the haunted house staff, and many props used for role-playing in the children's playground were all gone.

Although these props are not particularly expensive, but there are a lot of them, many activities in the park have been unable to proceed smoothly, so the person in charge wanted to invite Ranpo to investigate.

"We have also checked the monitoring, and there is nothing unusual." The person in charge said, "Because the value of the lost items does not meet the standard for filing a case, we have no way to call the police."

Luanbu stroked his chin, as if he was thinking about something.

"Go and take detective Ben to have a look at the surveillance records."

"Okay, this way please."

At the request of Ranbu, the person in charge asked the staff to call up the video after the playground closed this week.

"here."

The screen shows that the grey-haired cleaner is pushing the car outside the staff lounge.

"Is there any problem here? Mr. Edogawa."

"The thief is her."

"The cleaner...?"

Luanbu took his eyes away from the computer screen, and casually looked at the map of the playground posted on the wall beside him.

"Although her hair is grizzled, her movements and walking posture are obviously not what an old man can possess. She first pretended to be a cleaner in the playground, and then hid those props in the garbage truck after all the staff were gone. .”

The person in charge nodded half-understood, but after a while he frowned in confusion, "But why did she steal these props?"

Before Luanbu could answer, a staff member in uniform hurried in with a frustrated look on his face.

"Manager, another customer complained that the smell of the haunted house is too bad."

"What's the matter? Didn't the cleaners clean it up a few days ago?"

"I don't know. The person in charge of the haunted house said that the smell has become stronger and more pungent in the past two days."

There was a pause in the chaotic steps, and then the corners of his lips curled up as if thinking of something.

"let's go."

"what?"

Without waiting for the person in charge to react, Luanbu dragged Yingzi out of the monitoring room without saying a word, standing at the door and watching the tourists passing by, wondering what they were thinking.

"Stupid Sakura, call the police."

"now?"

"Well, let's say a dead body was found in the haunted house at the playground."

"Huh? Corpse? But we haven't gone to the haunted house yet..."

"The detective said it was there! Hurry up and call the police!"

"Ah good!"

Yingzi quickly pulled out and called the police, while the person in charge and the staff stood aside and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Now is the morning when there are a lot of people, and Luanbu's gaze swept over the old people, children, young people, and pregnant women one by one, and finally stopped at a couple next to the carousel not far away.

The young couple seems to have just come off the carousel and is talking to the photographer on the side.

Walk around and look around.

The tourists in the playground are widely distributed, and young couples account for a large part.

Be it roller coasters, ferris wheels, building jumps, merry-go-rounds, rapids, you can see a few sticky couples next to almost every project.

"Mr. Ranpo, the police said they would arrive within 10 minutes."

"Okay! Next, let's go to the haunted house!"

When Luanbu was solving the case, he was quite aggressive, and the person in charge hurried forward to lead the way.

"Mr. Edogawa, the haunted house...is there something wrong?"

"There's a dead body."

"Corpse, corpse?!"

The person in charge swallowed, his face was a little pale, he smiled embarrassingly and then turned his gaze back to Ranbu's face.

"You, are you kidding? How can there be a corpse in a haunted house?"

"Hmph~ You'll know when it arrives."

The person in charge of the haunted house, Ms. Fujimoto, rushed to the entrance of the haunted house when she received the notification, and at the same time notified the security guards to seal off the entire haunted house.

When several people rushed over, Fujimoto looked a little anxious.

"Manager! Why is it suddenly blocked? There are many tourists..."

"Let's not talk about that first! Mr. Edogawa! Mr. Edogawa?"

The person in charge turned around, but did not see Ranpo and Yingzi who had been following behind him.

"...Mr. Ranpo, why are you eating ice cream at this time!"

Luanbu stood in front of the ice cream truck, refusing to take another half step forward, "But if there is no ice cream, this detective can't work, okay?"

Yingzi's expression was a little helpless, she sighed and compromised.

"Only eat one."

"The detective book wants chocolate flavor!"

"understood."

"..."

The person in charge was almost stunned.

"Mr. Jiang, Edogawa...?"

Fujimoto let out a 'tsk'. The blockade of the haunted house had already made her very unhappy, but the current incident made her even more impatient. The slender heels tapped on the ground. She glanced at the not far away Ranpo and Sakura glanced at each other.

"Manager, who are those two?"

"It's the detective invited by the chairman to investigate the case of missing props."

"Huh? Like that? Detective?"

After receiving the ice cream, Luanbu walked over contentedly, without even looking at the person in charge of the haunted house, he walked straight into the cordon.

"whispering sound."

Fujimoto was dissatisfied and walked in behind the person in charge.

The lights in the haunted house are a bit dim, because the tourists inside have just been invited out, so many props inside are still placed in various positions in a mess.

"Well……"

The pungent smell suddenly penetrated into the nose, Yingzi frowned in discomfort, "It seems to be something rotten."

Yingzi who realized this was slightly taken aback, then widened her eyes and looked at Ranbu in surprise.

"Is it a corpse?"

"The detective's reasoning is certainly not wrong."

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could there be corpses in the haunted house? Even if you're joking, you have to have a bottom line!"

Ranpo ignored Fujimoto's words and concentrated on observing the surrounding objects.

"Are you listening to people talking?!"

"Fujimoto!"

"I'm sorry, although this kind of thing does sound unbelievable, but I think you should wait a bit, maybe the conclusion..."

"Who are you? Get the hell out of here!"

Fujimoto rushed forward with a look of surprise, and pushed away Sakurako who was standing in front of her. The latter was unsteady and bumped into a prop used to scare people.

"Hey!"

Luanbu frowned and supported Yingzi, his face was very ugly.

He squinted his eyes, and there was a cold light in his emerald eyes.

"Since you are not ready for this detective to investigate, there is no need for us to stay here."

Ranpo's eyes moved to Fujimoto's face.

"However, the police will arrive soon. If they are allowed to investigate, things will not be as simple as you imagined."

"Obstructing official duties...should be a big crime, right?"

"Wait, wait a minute, Mr. Edogawa..."

Ranbu involuntarily led Yingzi to turn around and walked out of the haunted house, his face was full of displeasure.

"Mr. Ranpo..."

"Really! You've been bullied like that, why are you still acting like you don't care?"

"Huh? I, I don't think there is anything... After all, there is a corpse in the area I am in charge of. Is it normal that I can't accept it?"

"Where is it normal!"

Luanbu patted Yingzi on the head in dissatisfaction, but suddenly paused when looking at her.

"what happened?"

"Blood?"

"Ok?"

Yingzi followed her chaotic gaze and looked behind her, a small piece of red was stained on the white chiffon dress at some point.

"Maybe I just got it by bumping into a prop. It should be something like plasma used to scare people in a haunted house?"

"No." Luanbu bent slightly, stretched out and touched the piece of fabric, "This is human blood."

"Hey--?"

"Humph."

Not knowing what came to mind, Luanbu snorted softly, "It's pretty good."

Contrary to Ranbu's reaction, Yingzi felt her scalp numb and even a chill rose from the soles of her feet, "Yeah, that's to say... I might just... touch, touch..."

"Yeah, idiot Sakurako just touched a dead body."

"Ugh—what!"

The original rosiness faded instantly, Yingzi's complexion suddenly turned pale, and she even moved randomly in mid-air.

"Stupid! If you had acted tougher just now, you wouldn't have been pushed by that woman, and you wouldn't have touched the corpse!"

"But, but..."

Yingzi swallowed her saliva, although she was a little scared, she still smiled slightly.

"If you don't touch the corpse, you won't provide inspiration to Mr. Ranpo, right?"

Luanbu was taken aback.

"So it's a good thing."

"Are you an idiot?" Ranbu's expression looked a bit inconceivable, "Sorry for the interrogative sentence, you are an idiot!"

"Well... isn't it?"

"What is it! This detective doesn't need this method to provide inspiration for reasoning!"

Luanbu waved his arms angrily, "I look down on detectives who need outside help to solve a case!"

"Well, that's fine..."

Luanbu turned his head awkwardly, and quietly turned his head, "But this time, you can be regarded as helping the detective a little bit."

"Huh? Really?"

"Why are you laughing so silly, only a little bit!"

"A little bit is fine."

"Hmph, you really are an idiot."

"So Mr. Ranpo already has an idea?"

"Of course! This kind of thing is a piece of cake for this detective!"

Sakurako glanced back at the person in charge who was standing at the door of the haunted house to teach Fujimoto a lesson, "Then Mr. Ranpo, do you want to go back and continue the investigation?"

"Until they come over and apologize to you, no way!"