Yunyang Novelist Luanbu

Because the bangs were blown by the cool wind penetrating into the tall buildings, Ranbu subconsciously thought of the summer in Yokohama a long time ago.Summer in Yokohama is short in memory, reminiscent of short and high-pitched cicadas, fleeting.

His thoughts didn't wander very far, and he was soon attracted by the closed red door in front of him.This is the door to the office of the current head of the Port Mafia.In the old days, it was like a towering cliff, just standing at the door would make life cold.

This chill comes not only from the awe of the port mafia leader, but also because the mafia leader is now moody, cruel and violent, and even the secret doctor Mori Ogai who is with him is also cautious about the leader.

Behind Ranpo were Chuya Nakahara, who was still dressed as a woman, and Kiyotaka Ayanokouji who came over to observe the situation.Nakahara Chuya is still walking with his head down as much as possible, trying to avoid eye contact with other people, and only observes the surroundings from the corner of his eyes.Now he only sees the red sleeves of Ranbu and the blue trousers.On the other hand, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka kept his expressionless expression and walked straight forward.

The attitudes of the three teenagers are very different from those of the past visitors, full of a sense of daily life and youth that are incompatible with the high-rises of the port mafia.But this difference did not cause any sideways attention, only when the three of them couldn't see themselves, they secretly raised their heads to look at the young boy Edogawa Ranpo who was walking in the front.

This fair and slender young man is said to be Ryunosuke Komatsu, a popular and popular writer in the literary world. His character has been heard a little before his article became famous. He is arrogant and conceited, and he will not save face for any seniors. Words such as "down to overcome" and "flame up" are always indispensable in articles, but because he has won four consecutive nominations for the Naoki Award, his arrogance has turned into a distinct personality charm.

The reason why he came here was because he proposed to write a book for the current leader Li Biography.This proposal is completely in line with the wishes of the current leader.On the one hand, the current leader is old, but still has the memories and pride of his youth.The old man likes to talk about himself, not to mention that he has gone through countless storms and is now a famous figure in Yokohama. He loves to be sought after, boasted, and praised.Now someone is writing a book and biography for him, which completely satisfies the vanity of the current leader.On the other hand, the person who came to write for him was the most famous genius novelist in Japan.Although he is a little younger, his reputation is in place anyway.

This also became the mafia leader's promise to come over in disorder to collect materials.

The secretary has now opened the door of the house.The door was opened to the outside, making the room wider and taller than imagined.Looking head-on, it was Mori Ogai who was giving the leader a treatment injection. After receiving the needle, Mori Ogai raised his head and looked in the direction of Chaos.It's only been two days since we were separated from him, and Mori Ogai never thought that he would meet Ranpo here again in this way.

If Luanpo and the others accidentally fall into the hands of the leader, what Mori Ogai can guarantee is that Nakahara Neutron will be safe.

Ranpo knew that Mori Ogai was looking at him, but he didn't look at Mori Ogai, but stared at the old man sitting on the sofa chair.This once powerful figure in Yokohama is now so thin that his face is out of shape due to aging, his eyes are cloudy, but the light in his pupils is extremely sharp, like long nails.Even a well-known killer in Yokohama would feel pinned in place by him, unable to move at all, just by seeing the leader.Luanbu turned his head slightly under his gaze.

Already looked dead.

Luanbu murmured in his heart.

The current leader has just finished the injection, and his blue blood vessels are protruding, floating on his arm like a net.His perception of pain is not as keen as before, and it may also be because he has begun to feel numb.

"You are Ryunosuke Komatsu? Why do you want to write a book for me?"

This is not Edogawa Ranpo's idea, he has no interest in writing a book for a person at all, and he doesn't have much idea about novel types other than mystery novels.This idea was proposed by Ayanokōji Kiyotaka - he could enter and exit the entire port mafia openly, but he would not receive any obstruction.Of course, when they entered the headquarters building, they had already undergone relevant physical examinations to confirm that they were not carrying any dangerous items such as knives, guns, or weapons before they were allowed to pass.

Kiyotaka Ayanokōji's line to Ranpo is "I admire the great light of the mafia leader, and I want to let the leader's achievements be passed down to future generations and be remembered in my heart." This kind of high-sounding rhetoric was copied from the Internet.But Luanbu didn't remember it either, of course, with Luanbu's personality, he wouldn't remember it either.

"I just want to see what you look like."

The current leader has heard about Ranpo's deeds, and his impression is that he is a young writer who is proud of his talents, and he has never appeared in any public occasions so far.It is precisely because of this that when they proposed to interview the leader, they handed over the business card of the editor of Seigakukan, Morishita Yumori, and it was confirmed that it was Ryunosuke Komatsu himself.

The leader said, "Then what do you think of me?"

Luanbu is too smart, but he doesn't bother to lie to hide himself, at most he just doesn't tell the truth.He also has no intention of making false claims with the leader.

"You look like you're going to die."

Mori Ogai's voice sounded immediately, like a deep, dark cloud in the summer rain, saying: "Be careful when speaking in front of the leader." It sounded like a warning to Ranpo not to offend the leader, but Mori Ogai just wanted to tell Ranpo, or he said some unnecessary words here, then he didn't mind and silenced them all here.

The leader didn't respond extraneously when he heard Mori Ogai's words, as if Mori Ogai's threatening and majestic words just now didn't exist.The leader said to Ranbu: "Then how long do you think I can live?" The older people are, the more they want their lives to be long and long.They don't obey the old, don't recognize the old, and don't want to be old.

"one day."

Not only Mori Ogai, but other port mafia members present tensed up at the same time.This Ryunosuke Komatsu really thinks that he has lived too long.At this moment, their breathing has been suppressed to the minimum, for fear that their own breathing will further intensify the leader's dissatisfaction, anger, irritability, and disgust.

But Ranbu paused for a moment, and quickly said: "Therefore, there is only one day in which a person can live—"today", one more day will not work, and one day less will not work.Just one day. "

This answer was unexpected and beautiful.But to some extent, it is showing off its cleverness, just like the prisoner who is about to be executed in the story said "die of old age" when he was asked which way of death he would choose.It's not that showing off at any time will make people think that this person is extremely funny.Sometimes eloquence only makes people feel that it is showing off and grandstanding.

If Mori Ogai was in the position of leader now, he would have smiled and said that the young man deserves to be eloquent.Then when he was proud, he shot him right between the eyebrows, with a smile still on his face, full of doubts and bewilderment.Mori Ogai can imagine that scene, and then he will add the sentence "It's a pity that the flashy nonsense is bothering my ears."

Mori Ogai, like other mafia members, is trying to minimize his sense of existence at the moment, with his head bowed.But because the leader hadn't spoken for a long time, Mori Ogai couldn't help looking in the direction of the leader curiously, and found that he was smiling now, not the kind of cruel and sinister smile, but a happy expression from the heart, which made Mori Ogai I was taken aback immediately.

How could this Edogawa Ranpo win the attention of the leader like this?

Not so much.

"I didn't expect you to know what I said when I was young. As soon as I said that, I was appreciated by the previous leader, thinking that I was smart, and took me under his command as the small leader of the guerrillas."

"Since I'm here to interview you, it's impossible to be unprepared." Edogawa Ranpo and Ayanokōji Kiyotaka specially simulated the conversation between Ranpo and the leader before they came.Ranpo is responsible for asking questions that the leader may say, and Ayanokōji is responsible for answering answers that will make the leader feel valued.

And the phrase "How long do you think I can live?" is among the questions listed by Ranbu.

Now it's a guess.

Luanbu proudly opened his right hand to Ayanokouji next to him, intending to give a high five, but Ayanokouji pinched his palm directly.

This is the time to do such a thing.

Ayanokouji didn't want to take Ranpo's thoughts into account at all.

The leader didn't notice Luanbu's small movements, and became interested in this novelist who came to interview seriously.But just after the injection, the leader is now beginning to fall into a state of fatigue.He propped his chin with one hand, barely holding himself up.

"I'm a little tired now, and I'm going to sleep for an hour or two. Dr. Yousen will take you to the reference room. I have made a lot of achievements in the port mafia. You can ask me questions after reading it."

This is casual.But it can also be seen that in fact the leader did not prepare for the interview, and even the basic information was not given in disorder, and he just asked someone to go to the reference room temporarily.In other words, the leader didn't intend to let Ranpo get out of here alive.It's just that Luanbu said something that suits his heart, which made the moody leader interested in the interview again and changed his mind.

But both Lingxiaolu and Zhongyuan Zhong also had a better understanding of this leader-too ruthless and ruthless, and they have long been used to disregarding human lives.

When Mori Ogai led Ranpo and the others to the reference room, he noticed that they were the only ones left, and said: "You guys are lucky today. The leader is in a good mood today. It is rare that there is no blood in the office."

Luanbu didn't want to talk nonsense to him: "The old man has information about every year in Yokohama?"

"Maybe you can see it, maybe you can't see it, the leader of the port mafia loves himself very much, and has records every year, except for the young ones who have no records. You don't want to write every year, do you?" ?”

Mori Ogai went to the bookshelf where the leader's materials were stored, and handed a copy to Ranpo: "The memorabilia of Yokohama is also recorded in it, and he will organize it by himself and mark what he has done, a bit like writing a diary .” After his death, these useless autobiographical texts of self-boasting will probably be cremated with ashes.

Ranpo also took two books from the bookshelf and handed them to Lingxiaolu and Zhongyuan respectively.And the one in Zhong Yuan's hands was exactly seven years ago.

It turned out that Luanbu had always remembered to help him check his background, he thought that Luanbu had forgotten.

Really wronged him.

Zhongyuan looked at Luanbu with a moved face, and Luanbu was inexplicably seen.

He has no interest in this old man, and doesn't want to read his text at all. If Nakahara Chuya and Ayanokouji help to read it, he can just rest beside him.

"Look, don't keep looking at me."

Luanbu piled up another two or three books for Zhongyuan.

Nakahara felt that Ranpo didn't want Mori Ogai to know that he was looking up the information seven years ago, so he deliberately took a few more copies to confuse the public, so he immediately stepped aside in a timely manner to review it alone.

Luanbu looked at the two obedient people who came down to help him read the materials. Although one had a potential for violence, and the other was born with a rebellious nature and pretended to be honest, at least they were still obedient.It's not like Mori Ogai, an uncle with a little head, who is greedy and a bottomless pit.

"See what I'm doing?" Mori Ogai stood aside with his hands down, not intending to help at all.

"I'm looking at when you start writing?"

"Can you see it?"

Mori Ogai intends to hang on to this Ranpo to see when he will help him.Mori Ogai had contacted Natsume Soseki, and knew that this is a small writer who is only interested in writing. Apart from reading and writing books, he just likes to drag people to write articles together.Since Ranpo has the ability "God's Perspective", Mori Ogai has to use the condition of "writing by himself" to squeeze out his ability.

Thinking of this bright future, the corners of Mori Ogai's mouth rose.

Ranbu squinted his eyes at him, and said without thinking: "Of course, there will be soon."

"Then I'll look forward to it."

Looking forward to your compromise, and looking forward to your doing your best to help me.