The world's No.1 detective doll

The Koizumi family's ancestral house is located in a forest in the suburbs. Although the weather in Tokyo is sunny today, the forest exudes a gloomy and strange dark color, and bats occasionally fly among the dense branches.

The servant of the family was a short man who looked very old, and he respectfully invited the two of them to enter the house together.

The newly purchased crystal ball was put into the magic room. Under the control of Hongzi, the transparent sphere was gradually covered with a layer of crimson mist, and different scenes intertwined and flashed in the crystal ball one by one. , and finally stopped in front of a dilapidated shrine.

"The demon of light broke into the realm of no one, awakening the sleeping gods, and the decree of the gods guides the lost, without knowing rewards and punishments."

Sakura blinked, "What do you mean?"

Ranpo also frowned slightly. Although he has superhuman insight and reasoning ability, he is powerless about things beyond his cognition.

What demons, gods, decrees...

"Did that Edogawa go to some shrine before he became a doll?"

With a serious expression, Hongzi pointed to the scene reflected in the crystal ball, and when Luanbu heard the words, she tilted her head, as if recalling.

"Hmm...Dun Jun took this detective to the mountain to do a commission, and saw a fruit tree in the forest on the way... After I chased it, I found that I was lost!"

Luanbu stretched and touched his chin, "Then I walked along the road on the ground and came to an open space... there was a house and some stone statues there... When I went in, I was caught by a red rope tripped over!"

Yingzi relayed what Ranbu said to Hongzi verbatim, and the latter raised his eyebrows when he heard it clearly.

"Sure enough, let's go to that shrine to take a look."

"Huh? Now?"

"Otherwise, do we have to wait until late at night?"

"Ah, hug, sorry..."

Naturally, Ranbu couldn't remember the location and route of the shrine, so Hongzi had no choice but to use the crystal ball to find the mountain where the shrine was located.

"This, so far?!"

It takes two hours to take the tram alone, not including the time to get on and off the tram and walk to the mountain.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to come back in one afternoon..."

"Tsk." Hongzi seemed irritated by the troublesomeness of this matter, she went straight to the corner of the room and took out a dusty broom and cloak, "Come here."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"We fly over."

"Hey?! Fly, fly over?!"

Flying on a broom seems to be an easy task for a witch. Hongzi dragged Sakura out of the house and led her on a broom, covering both of them with a large cloak.

"Uh-wah--"

Hongzi is obviously the type of driver who likes racing cars. He tilted his broom and then rushed out, scaring Yingzi to grab Luanbu and tightly wrap his arms around Hongzi's slender waist.

"Hmph, you low-level supernatural beings are just cowards."

"Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow..."

The height through the clouds was enough for her to see half of Tokyo clearly, Yingzi swallowed her saliva and buried her head in Hongzi's back, not daring to move.

This is much more exciting than Jinghua leading her to jump from the tenth floor.

"Miss Koizumi, you're speeding——"

The time to arrive at the destination was less than one-fifth of the expected time. When she stepped off the broom, Yingzi was dazed with her messy hair on her head.

"arrive."

"Ah? Ah..."

Regardless of Yingzi's stunned reaction, Hongzi took out the crystal ball from her arms, and followed the scene reflected by the crystal ball up the mountain.

"Hey, wait..."

Yingzi hurriedly straightened her hair that was blown into a chicken coop, and looked at Hongzi's still smooth long hair in a strange way.

why……

The scene reflected in the crystal ball is mostly the same as the scene in front of me, the only difference is the most important shrine.

There is such an open space suddenly in the large forest, but there is nothing in the open space.

"No?"

There are large patches of green grass growing on the ground, and there is not even a trace of a building that once existed.

"Miss Koizumi, are you sure it's here?"

"This is what the crystal ball shows."

Yingzi tilted her head, "Mr. Ranpo, do you still have any impression of this place?"

"How could this detective remember such insignificant things! But...Look at the red string on the ground, this place should be the place I came to last time."

Following the guidance of Luanbu, Yingzi saw the conspicuous touch of red on the lawn. Some old ropes were artificially divided into two halves, and there were faint traces of fracture in between. The two ends of the rope were respectively tied to the small wooden on the pile.

After picking it up, you can still see a row of red cloth strips tied to the rope.

"what is this……"

"seal."

"But why is the shrine gone?"

Hongzi stood in the middle of the clearing and looked up at the blue sky.

"I don't know. What else did Edogawa do after entering the shrine?"

"This detective also made a wish!"

"A wish? What wish did Mr. Ranpo make?"

"Well……"

Ranbu carefully recalled the scene at that time.

After he tripped over the red rope, a golden light seemed to flash in front of his eyes, and then he saw the tall statue standing inside the shrine.

then……

"Hmm...it seems to be that I can always eat delicious thick snacks, and there will always be someone to help me with small useless things like washing clothes and doing housework, and someone will always take me to the train and take the ball. Like the glass marbles in the soda..."

"..."

It is indeed a random step.

Hongzi looked around, "It may be that only certain people can enter the shrine, or it may be that they disappeared after the seal was broken."

"Miss Koizumi, let's go ask someone at the bottom of the mountain."

"Ah."

The two walked into the village at the foot of the mountain, but they asked several families, and the answers they got were that there had never been any shrines on this mountain, and no one had ever encountered any strange things when they went up the mountain.

"This is how the same thing?"

"It's the same as the result of divination."

Hongzi touched his chin.

The Demon of Light refers to Ranpo, and the realm of no one is the shrine that no one else can enter.

So what is the decree of the gods?Could it be related to the bond between their two souls?

I don't know rewards and punishments...

"Then Miss Koizumi, can you divination the method for Mr. Ranpo to turn back into a human?"

Hongzi lowered her eyes, and dragged her to an empty corner.

"Let me try."

The crimson mist quickly filled the transparent crystal ball, but the specific image was not displayed anyway, and the results of divination flooded Hongzi's brain in chaos.

"hiss……"

The sudden dizziness made Hongzi gasp, and then the crystal ball burst open with a 'click'.

"Crystal ball!"

"It seems that this result is beyond my knowledge."

"Hey? Why?"

"No one can touch the realm of the gods. I'm afraid...you need to explore the solution yourself."

"Hey hey?"

how so……

Seeming to have thought of something suddenly, Hongzi paused slightly.

"I don't know rewards and punishments... so that's what it means?"

"what?"

"……nothing."

The Demon of Light who possesses wisdom but is ignorant of the world has broken into a pure land belonging to the gods. Only he is qualified to break the seal, and only he is qualified to witness all this.

The god fulfilled his wish, but used such a method.

"Ah."

Hongzi smiled lightly.

Is this a punishment from heaven after offending the gods, or a gift to fulfill his wish?

Perhaps, no one knows.

"Let's go."

"Huh? Are you leaving now?"

"Otherwise, do you want to stay overnight? Or you can go back by tram yourself."

Hongzi bent down to pick up the broom that was on the ground, raised his cloak and sat on it.

Sakura was silent for a while.

In fact, she can go back by tram... This broom...

"Come up!"

"Okay, okay..."

"Ah ah ah ah ah--"

She was really lucky that she didn't lose her random steps on the way.

"That's all I know."

Landing on the ground in front of the ancestral house, Hongzi said with her back to Yingzi.

"However, you may be in great danger recently, so it's better to be careful."

It's pal.

"I see, thank you."

"and also."

Hongzi paused, then turned to look at Yingzi's chest.

"The suppressed dark force...Although it has been weakened a lot, it is still in danger of swallowing you. Once it is stimulated by the outside world, it is very likely to make it grow again..."

Yingzi furrowed her brows worriedly, and caressed her heart involuntarily.

"That……"

"If you are swallowed, I am afraid that not only you will be harmed, but everyone around you may be affected."

"However," Hongzi glanced at Luanbu on her shoulder, "don't worry too much, that power should dissipate soon."

"Huh? Why?"

"You will know later."

Hongzi turned around again and walked into the house, and waved towards Yingzi, "Okay, goodbye."

"Ah, bye."

It wasn't too late yet, Yingzi was ready to go home with her arms in her arms.

"Does Mr. Ranpo have any thoughts on this matter?"

"This detective is a supernatural person! Not a witch! How could I know such a thing!"

Ah, yes.

that……

What should we do?

However, if Ranpo really changed back, then she also...doesn't need to stay in the detective agency anymore, right?

After all, the meaning of her existence is to help Luanbu spread the word, right?

I don't know why, but I seem to be a little selfish thinking that it's okay if this continues...

But, can't you?

It doesn't matter.

Although I have gradually adapted to the life of two people living together, but Ranpo can live well without her, right?

After all, everyone in the detective agency and the Yokohama police respect him and take good care of him.

But it just takes a while to re-adjust to living alone, as long as Luanbu can do well.

she……

Well, nothing.