cat blues

It has been three days since Fukuzawa Yukichi left. Although he also took Edogawa Ranbo back home before, this time is different from returning to his hometown before. His departure and return were predictable before. matter.This time, even if Fukuzawa Yukichi said he was on a business trip for two weeks, but he had heard from Oda Sakunosuke and the others that Fukuzawa Yukichi's actions were dangerous, so how could the big cat sit still?

But this is where the big cat really feels headaches, even if it can't sit still, there is nothing it can do.

Yuji Maomao fell into a rare depression.

"Well, Mr. Yukichi doesn't feel very happy." The heads of the three teenagers poked out from the door of the living room one by one, and Oda Sakunosuke was the first to throw out the topic.

Edogawa Ranpo frowned and said, "I'm not happy either. Mr. Fukuzawa won't take me out to play, and Mr. Yukichi won't let me eat sweets for every meal."

"So can the two of you get off from above me?" A vein popped out on the forehead of Zhongya, who was pressed at the bottom, and he managed to press it down again.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Oda moved away resolutely, and pulled away Ranbu who wanted to keep pressing Chuya, "In this case, what can I do to make Yukichi-san happy?"

"Hmm..." All three fell silent.

Before Fukuzawa Yukichi went on a "business trip", he arranged work for them. Some time ago, Fukuzawa Yukichi learned about Edogawa's father's connections from Natsume Soseki, so he took Edogawa Ranpo to Kanagawa Prefecture The police station, the Yokohama City Police Department, and even the Tokyo Metropolitan Metropolitan Police Department all looked familiar.

If he is a loner right now, he will definitely entrust Ranpo Edogawa to the Tokyo Metropolitan Metropolitan Police Department, so that Ranpo can help the police over there solve the case and expand their contacts, or let the police over there Protect for a while.

But now that there are big cats and other people who can take care of Luanbu, there is no need to send Luanbu to an unfamiliar place, let alone... Thinking of the picture of Luanbu, who would be easy to speak without anyone blocking him Mouth, instead of letting him torture each other with the police in the Metropolitan Police Department, he should stay in Yokohama honestly.He can also take Luanbu with him for things like connections, increasing fame and so on.

It is precisely because of this consideration that Edogawa Ranpo can still jump up and down Fukuzawa house, doing all kinds of jumping.

But even if this is the case, he still has to go out to work. Although some people would take the initiative to invite them to work with the police in the past, this is completely different from now, even though now he is mainly responsible for handling the accumulated serious cases .

Most of those cases occurred during the war, and because of the chaos during the war, it was difficult to find the murderer.The cases were expected to remain in the archives until the relatives of the victims passed away.It is impossible for these cases to be handed over to outsiders for help.

However, now that there is a top detective to help solve the case, these cases will naturally have time to see the light of day again.

And the two teenagers who came with the famous detective, together with the famous detective, saw the dark side of this world different from what they had seen before, and at the same time saw the bitter tears of the relatives of the victims after the criminal was punished. and grateful.

This made both Oda and Nakaya deeply moved, and it also allowed Edogawa Ranpo to grow further—now someone planned to ask him to go on a business trip to solve the case.

"We're back." The famous detective who solved the case for another day pushed open the door, and saw a black figure sitting on his sofa with a cup of tea in his hand, watching TV while eating senbei .

The famous detective hid with a whoosh, and the speed made Zhong Ye almost wonder if it was the famous detective who was tired of walking a few steps.

"That...ghost lamp, sir?" Oda Sakunosuke couldn't help but greeted first, "Hello?"

"Hello." The person who came was indeed a ghost lamp. He just sat on the sofa carelessly, as relaxed as if he had entered his own home. Fortunately, he didn't see the scary mace by his side. Jiang It was only then that Togawa Ranpo walked over from the side door awkwardly.

"Visiting rashly, I'm sorry to bother you." Although he said so, everyone could see that the ghost lamp was just making social rhetoric. He took the new Isobeyaki made by Yuji Maomao and stuffed it into his mouth. Here, the rice cake sandwiched in the middle of Isobeyaki pulled out a long string of rice cakes.

"Ah, Mr. Yukichi, I'm going to be hungry too!" The detective shouted decisively, "Mr. Yukichi, I want something sweet!"

Although Isobe yaki is simply grilled with seaweed slices and rice cakes, it still tests the cook's skills, and the Isobe yaki made by Yukichi Maomao never disappoints anyone.

Both Ghost Lantern and Zhongya prefer salty ones, and Luanbu prefers sweeter ones, while Oda...Yukichi Maomao simply served him a saucer of chili powder.

So before the group had time to talk about anything, they got together to have a delicious meal of Isobeyaki, and watched TV shows together.

The latest news programs broadcast on TV before they ate, including news such as the death of a certain entrepreneur due to illness, and when they were eating, the music program of Miss Haitu began to be played on TV.So Yuji and Maomao sat down together, watching and twisting and twisting with the rhythm, very cute.

After they finished eating and the show ended, Maomao Yuji took the dishes to wash.

Gui Deng also took out a stack of documents from the bag on the side and put them on the table, "Visiting rashly, I didn't expect that Mr. Fukuzawa was not at home, but it seems that there are some things to tell you. .”

As he said, he pushed the stack of documents towards Edogawa Ranpo, "Look at it, and you can hand it to Mr. Fukuzawa later."

"This is?" Putting on his glasses, the young man with emerald green eyes opened his eyes and looked at the document in his hand in surprise. He pulled out the entire document and read it carefully page by page.

Seeing his solemnity, the two teenagers on the side also fell silent, waiting for his response.

Edogawa Ranbu read the document carefully twice, then frowned and looked at the ghost lamp sitting there, "Is this something you want to give to Mr. Fukuzawa?"

"Almost." Ghost Lantern retuned the TV program to a news program. Although it was a different TV station, the news being broadcast was the same as the previous one. It was all about a certain entrepreneur who died of a serious illness. information.

"This guy actually died three days ago." Ghost Lantern pointed at the entrepreneur on the screen indifferently and said, "But his family deliberately postponed the announcement in order to clarify his property and distribute it. The news of his death. Well, after entering hell, this kind of garbage will only become new garbage to be disposed of, but the things he left in this world can be recycled and reused, so I just sent it to you.”

"This... is it really okay?" Although he didn't see what was written on those documents, but he also stepped on the ghost lamp's implication when he heard this, asked in surprise. .

"It's okay." It was Edogawa Ranpo who spoke, "Didn't Mr. Ghost Lamp say that? This person has been dead for three days, and his estate has been distributed. This is not so much a fish that slipped through the net. It’s better to say that it’s so small that even the owner has forgotten it.”

Yes, what Ghost Lantern sent over was the title certificate and transfer contract of a house. This house is located near Yamashita Town. In terms of location, it is quite good. It is not only close to China Street but also adjacent to the nearby business district. Fortunately, there is still a problem. This two-story small building sandwiched between high-rise buildings can never be rented out. Even if it is rented out, it will soon have to be withdrawn due to various reasons.

So this house that couldn’t be rented out for no reason could only be left vacant. If it wasn’t for the chaos in Yokohama in the past few years, so that the government forgot to collect vacancy tax from the entrepreneur, the final result As a result, the entrepreneur himself forgot that he still had such a house, and he didn't even know where the real estate certificate was thrown away by him.That's when the estate was distributed after death, such a two-story house with a total of eight rooms was completely left behind.

"It's not simply that it can't be rented out, is it?" Edogawa Ranpo squinted at the material, because he hadn't been to the field to observe it, but in this area, he really didn't think there was any natural reason for such a situation. result.

"No, the interesting thing is here. There are no evil spirits haunting or lingering monsters there. It's really just that it can't be rented out." Ghost Lantern randomly switched the TV channel to the program he liked to watch, and said casually, " I went to see it, and there is not even a ghost there, so maybe it’s really bad Feng Shui?”

"Feng Shui?" The Japanese had never heard of this, and they all looked at him strangely.

"It's a flower planter's term, I don't quite understand it, but I heard someone say it, forget it, it's not important, in short, it's completely fine to live in that place, but it probably won't work if you want to make a profit. "Ghost Lantern said with his arms folded, "Didn't Fukuzawa Yukichi want to form a detective agency? Having his own house will solve the problem of accommodation for the members in the future, right?"

"Don't worry, I won't let you make the decision." After speaking, Ghost Lantern stood up from the sofa, packed up the documents, and left only a copy for him. Ji’s stuff, when I come back next month, I’ll tell him personally.”

As the ghost lamp said, he stood up, walked over to hug the black cat, rubbed the cat's head and paws, and disappeared after sucking enough of the cat.