I'll retire when I'm done

After leaving Ever Dark Island with Yosano Akiko, life began to return to peace.

Yokohama is a chaotic city, but it is also because of this that the city can accommodate countless stray dogs who have nowhere to go.Thanks to Bai Hong's influence, among the members of the same batch of outlying islands, she is considered to be in good condition, and there are not a few seniors who have taken good care of her in the face of the former chief, even in Yokohama, the relationship with Yosano Life was pretty easy too.

Shortly thereafter, she joined a detective agency with only two people at the time. The new president, Fukuzawa Yukichi, was taciturn. Looking at his perennially indifferent expression, she seemed to be a difficult character, but after a long time of contact, she found that In fact, he is a gentle and clumsy person; and the other Mr. Edogawa Ranpo, who is the core of the detective agency, is a pure and clean young man like a child.

The scale of the detective agency is gradually expanding. It seems that as long as there is Mr. Ranpo as the core, there will be no unsolvable problems in this world. It doesn’t feel bad to depend on others, but the other party often reminds herself intentionally or unintentionally that she also He is an indispensable and important member of the detective agency. Don't be too clear about your own value.

...an indispensable member.

What a gratifying comment, isn't it?

Yosano Akiko, who is no longer a girl, began to have a mature and stable temperament. Not all problems need to be solved with Please Don’t Die. As Edogawa Ranpo who invited her to join the agency said at the time, the detective agency What is needed is not her powerful abilities, but the tenderness and compassion of a doctor who cherishes life.

I have grown up, sister Hong.

With a place you can call home, with a companion you can trust.

Very happy, very happy.

Bathed in warm sunshine in the afternoon, Yosano Akiko and Yosano Akiko will carefully play with the beautiful white flower sealed in resin in their free time. She holds the jewel-like flower in her palm, and her movements are gentle and gentle like caring for the heart. focus.

The letters from Changan Island were sent intermittently, and Xie Ye knew the rhythm of life on the island, and the reply letter was too extravagant, so she never made too much pressure. She would write some daily trivial things to the trustee and sent them to her. She never mentioned it. The matter of joining the detective agency by myself is mostly trivial and warm little things-why let that person continue to worry about me?She's had enough of it.

So when will that person come back?

I have been living under shelter, and I already have the ability to take care of you.

want to see her.

Really want to see her again.

I want her to know who she is now.

In the face of enthusiastic inquiries from her companions, whether it is a gift for the anniversary of joining the company, whether it is her birthday, or her New Year's wishes, her wishes are all the same.

"——It would be great if I could meet that person again."

Tanizaki Junichiro looked at Akiko Yosano who was humming a song while taking care of the flowers and plants on the balcony, and his tone was full of envy.

"Miss Yosano, I really like that person..."

Because of the resin-condensed white flower, most of the flowers and plants that Yosano Akiko took care of carefully bloomed white flowers, and a few pots were used as embellishments to adjust the overall tone, and they all chose light-toned varieties.

"Oh, is there?" Yu Xie Ye Akiko smiled helplessly, she covered her mouth, sweet distress hung on the corners of her eyes and brows: "Is my performance so obvious?"

"What does it have to do with Dr. Yosano~ This looks much cuter~" Tanizaki Naomi's voice has always been too lively, the girl lay on the side of Yosano Akiko with her hands on her chin, looked at the curvature of her mouth with interest, and smiled He teased: "I understand, I understand~ because people can't control when they think of my elder brother~"

"Ah~ Naomi suddenly said something like this~~~"

Akiko Yosano turned away with a smile on her face, and stopped looking at this pair of close siblings who had a strange relationship.

"But Mr. Ranpo came back so late today." She looked up at the time, "And Kunikida went with him, normally it shouldn't delay time and delay for so long, right?"

"Is there an unexpected case?"

"In that case, the police will hand in the commission first... Even if it's a boring case for Mr. Ranpo, he won't take care of it."

"So you ran into something interesting?"

"Apart from the popular crepe opening in Yokohama recently, is there anything else that makes Mr. Ranpo curious?"

"Ah, that's right," Junichiro Tanizaki suddenly had a flash of inspiration, clapped his hands and said, "Didn't Mr. Ranpo say that he was going to give Dr. Yosano a congratulatory gift for the company's anniversary?"

Yosano Akiko put down the pot watering the flowers in her hand and sighed softly.

"Mr. Ranpo's kindness is appreciated by me... But last year's gift pack of thick snacks and the difficult puzzle game he personally designed the year before..." It is really hard for people to accept it...

The gift bag of thick snacks was taken away by the gift giver within a few hours. This kind of thing is no longer a problem for the childish Mr. Ranpo, but the puzzle game of the year before last can be called a problem. The mind nightmare of most people in the company.

"Ah, a puzzle game..."

Obviously, a casual word with Xie Ye also caused painful memories for others.

"Really?" Yosano Akiko rubbed his forehead: "So although this year's Mr. Ranpo is equally high-spirited, I also hope that he can be quiet for a while. This year's anniversary celebration is just for everyone to spend quietly Come on, don't make any unnecessary trouble."

"It's too much to say, Dr. Yosano—"

The sound of Edogawa's chaotic steps sounded from the door first, and the young detective walked in with a puffy face, his chin slightly raised with a triumphant and arrogant expression, and he almost wrote "Praise me quickly!" I" such a straightforward request.

"I brought you back the whole society... No, it should be the world's number one celebratory 'gift'!"

Yosano Akiko looked at Ranpo Edogawa with a smug face, and didn't know what strange preparations he had, so he just explained habitually: "Mr. Ranpo, even if you say that—"

"Ah, please slow down..." Kunikida's voice sounded from behind the detective, with some caution: "There are steps here, if you don't mind, you can walk down with my arm."

Yosano Akiko was startled.

Kunikida's attitude is never serious, is this a guest?

"Oh, you're a gentleman, thank you." The female voice was clear and melodious, and there was a hint of a pleasant and relaxed smile when she spoke.

Yosano Akiko froze in place the moment she heard the voice, the kettle in her hand fell weightlessly, and there was a sound of falling, and the water splashed everywhere——

……how come?

...That, that voice is! ?

Yu Xie Ye's eyes widened slowly, and he looked in the direction of the door in astonishment!

"What did I say?" Edogawa Ranpo jumped onto the table and sat down before the kettle fell to the ground. He was swinging his legs leisurely, and his pants and shoes were clean with a little water. They didn't touch it either, but the Tanizaki brothers and sisters on the side were taken aback, went to get things in a panic and began to clean up the ground, while Yosano Akiko was still standing there in disbelief.

She stared at the direction of the door without even daring to blink, her heart almost stopped beating because of nervousness, but her suffocation and waiting did not torture her nerves for too long, Bai Hong walked in behind Kunikida, she Tilting his head slightly, he aligned himself with Akiko Yosano with incomparable precision.

"Ah, is it here, Akiko?"

Bai Hong raised his hand and shook it, his voice was brisk: "Long time no see."

Yosano Akiko's joyful smile froze at the corner of her mouth the moment she saw the white silk in her eyes.

"... Miss Hong?"

Her voice was trembling, and her expression was so ugly that even Edogawa Ranpo who was beside her also suppressed the smile on her face.

"What's wrong with your eyes...?"

"Ah, this." Bai Hong raised his hand to touch his eyes, and carelessly hooked the corners of his mouth: "It's a sequela left over from the battlefield." Her tone was relaxed, and she didn't care about her eyes at all, "In short So, blind."

……what happened?

Yosano Akiko was in a trance.

He was obviously fine when he left.

That's War Ghost, that's Bai Hong...

You must know that this person is even strong enough to replace an entire undead army by one person! ?

...Is it Mori Ogai, or what?

Yosano Akiko's pupils shrank a little bit, and finally the curses and doubts that filled her stomach all turned into a very soft opening line: "You are really..."

She quickly stepped forward and grabbed Bai Hong's hand, her face full of sorrow and pain: "I just left you for such a period of time, sister Hong, why did you toss yourself like this?"

"Hello." An unfamiliar male voice followed closely with dissatisfaction, and Yosano Akiko raised her head, and saw a handsome young man with silver hair and blue eyes standing behind Bai Hong, staring gloomily at him holding her hand.

"Are you all from Yokohama so familiar?"

Yoshino Akiko narrowed her eyes, holding Bai Hong's hand with a little more strength: "...Sister Hong, who is this?"

Bai Hong hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to explain the concept of conjurer to Yosano Akiko who did not know the existence of the conjuration world.It’s fine if it’s an ordinary person, but this person not only seems to know him, but also has connections with the Wutiao family. Although there were not many conjurers in his childhood, Wutiao Wu was not the only one. Baihong didn’t know the situation and had no contact with it Details, do not want to cause unnecessary trouble at this time.

"Ah, passing... a friend." Finally, she gave a rather vague explanation.

"Hello." Gojo Satoru waved his hand perfunctorily, "I'm a housewife."

"..." Bai Hong sighed, "Sir, you can be more perfunctory with your fake name."

Gojo Satoru pouted.

"I'll try."

"All in all—" Bai Hong was a little helpless, "Please let him in for a while, and I will take him out later."

"That... miss," Kunikida said in a delicate voice, "he has already gone in."

Bai Hong was silent for a moment, and suddenly felt some long-lost headache.

"Sister Hong don't stay here, let's go in together."

Xie Ye Akiko led Bai Hong into the room and asked her to sit on the sofa. He casually lowered his head and noticed that behind her was a child with eyebrows, eyes and contours quite similar to hers, who was holding Bai Hong's coat tightly. Carefully sticking himself against her body, only revealing a pair of vigilant eyes that couldn't hide the panic, looking at the strange environment.

"...This is?" Yosano Akiko took some strength to swallow the "what" that fell to his lips reflexively, Bai Hong raised his hand and hugged the child closer, and said softly: "I nephew."

Yosano Akiko's eyes on Fugurohui changed slightly.

"That's good……"

I don't know if it was her delusion, but at the moment when she said it was her nephew, Yosano seemed relieved.

"Jingzi?"

"Ah, it's okay." Yosano Akiko showed a relaxed expression, and when she realized that Bai Hong couldn't see, she immediately tried to lighten her voice: "...just thinking, Sister Hong will be hurt too."

Unfortunately, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't hide her loss and sadness.

The little detective of the detective agency felt strangely guilty for some reason. He thought he would be happy with Xie Ye, but was caught off guard by her reaction. He sat across from the two of them holding the snacks he just got, and reminded him in a low voice:

"It's just that the eyes can't see it. It's not a big problem for the detective agency. It's fine if you use your ability to heal Dr. Yosano."

"——How can I do that? I don't want to toss Miss Hong into a dying state for such a trivial matter."

Yosano Akiko spoke reflexively without any hesitation.

"...?"

Hearing this unexpected answer, Edogawa Ranpo didn't speak, but tilted his head strangely.

Reaction with Dr. Yosano——

Is there something wrong?

The young female doctor didn't continue the previous topic. She sat close to Bai Hong's side, touched those blindfolded eyes with distress, and murmured: "...how come you don't know how to take care of yourself?"

She held Bai Hong's hand, her fingers tightened unconsciously, and her voice was filled with gnashing of ruthlessness: "How did that man take care of you...?"

Are you able to send her away from the island, but not able to take care of her alone?

"You mean Lin Taro?" Bai Hong came to his senses, smiled and waved his hands: "It's a mistake, it's a mistake, my eyes have nothing to do with him." She touched her eyes again, and she couldn't see any look of loss and loneliness: "And there are not many places where daily life is affected, and this child has also helped a lot of places, so it doesn't matter."

Bai Hong touched Fu Hei Hui's head.

"It's okay, since you've already left there, you don't need to worry about anything." The female doctor of the detective agency smiled, and suddenly her eyes sparkled on Bai Hong, looking at her expectantly: "Sister Hong, how about you?" Why don't you just join the detective agency?"

Yosano Akiko held Bai Hong's hand tightly and pressed it against her chest, and said impatiently:

"Let me take care of you, okay?"

Bai Hong tilted his head, revealing a faint smile.

"Crystal."

She called her name tenderly, her voice seemed to contain [-] points of pity and tenderness, as if she could tolerate all the willfulness of the other party and allow all her reasonable and unreasonable requests.

But in fact, she replied like this:

"Stop it."

——At the same moment when Bai Hong's voice fell to the ground, I don't know if it was the illusion of other people, but there seemed to be another haughty and cold snort that couldn't be softer in the detective agency.

Kunikida Doppo subconsciously followed the prestige, only to see the arrogant and arrogant young man sitting on the chair with bent legs, lazily playing with the resinous white flower that Yosano Akiko regarded as a treasure.

"Hey--!"

The young man lazily raised his eyebrows, his beautiful clear blue eyes like ice beads stared at Kunikida Doppo from behind the round sunglasses, and put the small toy back on the table casually, with a confident and innocent face.

"What are you looking at me for?"