cat blues

Ghost Lantern suddenly sent such a big gift, even Edogawa Ranpo didn't know how to refuse it, or rather he didn't want to refuse it at all.

After the ghost lamp left, the three teenagers took the cat and ran out together to look at the house that couldn't be rented out for some reason.

The house was indeed just as the ghost lamp said, it was sandwiched between several buildings, and the surrounding area was obviously quite close to the business district, and it was not far from the nearby hills, within a few steps, but it was inexplicably sparsely populated.

Ranpo Edogawa saw that the big cat Yukichi didn't feel any discomfort, and stretched his waist as if he was having fun on the ground casually. He was sure that there was really nothing unusual here. It seemed to be true because of what Mr. Ghost Lamp said Is it a "feng shui" problem?

Edogawa Ranpo, who hadn't done much in-depth research on metaphysics, could only touch his chin to come to this conclusion.

Although the house is a bit old because no one lives in it, more than half of the stairs on one side of the wall have been corroded. If the entrepreneur hadn't paid ten years of property management fees when he bought the place, these Even if no one lives in the year, if someone will come to repair it from time to time, I am afraid that this place will be completely broken.

"The water and electricity are all normal. You just need to tidy up and you can live there. By the way, there are no tatami mats here." Nakahara Zhong also opened a door and took a look. After the dull air inside dissipated, he saw the inside of the room. It was empty, not even a piece of furniture.

"Of course not. If there are tatami mats, with the humidity level of Yokohama, if no one cares about it, mushrooms will grow in no time." Edogawa Ranpo has a lot of common sense in this area, "Look Mr. Yukichi took out the tatami mats at home to bask in the sun all the time, it was because of this reason."

"I see..." There was no such thing as tatami mats in the place where I lived before, and Nakahara Nakaya, who hadn't had to worry about family affairs at all for more than half a year, nodded in a sudden realization.

Edogawa Ranpo, who became the teacher, nodded very proudly, "That's it." Then he showed a troubled expression, "But will Mr. Fukuzawa accept this house?"

"Mr. Ranpo, don't you want Mr. Fukuzawa to accept this gift?" Although he often couldn't read the air, but was often surprisingly sharp, Oda Sakunosuke asked curiously.

"...That's not true." Edogawa, who was lying on the lawn in front of the apartment building, scratched his hair, "...How should I put it, after all, I am a detective, and it is not a matter of course to expand my reputation. Is it? In this way, the detective agency will soon become famous. A famous detective agency will definitely need a lot of employees. If there are employees, it will be very convenient for them to have a dormitory..."

As he talked, he couldn't help but sat up, "But, in this way, don't I have to live in the dormitory together? If I live in the dormitory, I can't continue to live with Mr. Fukuzawa More importantly, wouldn't you have to separate from Mr. Yukichi?"

Edogawa Ranpo spoke urgently and quickly, but when he said the last sentence, his face turned a little bit bad, he almost screamed when he touched his face, but he still When the big cat was having fun on the lawn, he hugged Yuji the cat vigorously, "I don't want to be separated from Mr. Yuji!"

Although the other party spoke super fast, Oda Sakunosuke still followed the other party's train of thought.How should I put it, I really can only feel that I am worthy of being Mr. Ranpo, even though I am confident that I will definitely be the pillar of the detective agency, but in other respects, I still have the same thoughts as others.

Before Oda could speak, Yukichi Maomao had already leaned over and hugged him. It didn't understand why Edogawa Ranpo was so panicked all of a sudden, so it simply used its fluffy chest to hug the boy. The whole thing was buried in it.

"Hmm..." After burying his head in the cat's fur for a while, Edogawa Ranpo suddenly broke away from the big cat, "Now is not the time to suck cats, I don't want to talk to Yukichi Separate, sir!"

Yuji Maomao's ears caught the key word, and hurriedly leaned over and rubbed against the boy next to him, as if to comfort him that he would not be separated from him.

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow? Life!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't you live the same way when you didn't meet Mr. Fukuzawa before?" Zhong, who poked his head out from the second floor, couldn't help but complain.

"So there was a period of time before that was simply not human!" Edogawa Ranpo said confidently.

Zhong Yuanzhong also felt that it was really necessary for him to learn the skill of complaining, but he didn't know where to start complaining, even if it was so full of flaws.

"Mr. Yukichi will not leave you alone, and so will Mr. Fukuzawa. Even if there are more people in the future, I think you should still be able to choose where to live." Oda Sakunosuke thought carefully before saying , "If it's Mr. Ranpo, neither Mr. Fukuzawa nor Mr. Yukichi will leave you."

After listening to his words, the big cat Yuji also nodded, and gently patted Edogawa Ranpo's head with his thick and soft cat claws, and then patted off the grass stems on Ranpo's body, and then leaned over to rub Rubbing him, as if to ensure that she would not leave this black-haired, green-eyed cub behind.

Zhong on the second floor also sighed helplessly. For some reason, he always had the feeling that Yuji Maomao would sooner or later become the apartment manager—it should be called the apartment manager.

And Edogawa Ranpo, who got the black cat's guarantee, suddenly became happy, and he immediately jumped up from the ground in high spirits, "Yoxi, let's go back, it's getting late, if we don't go back, it will be late It’s not good if you meet some strange guy.”

The next day, Edogawa Ranpo and the others went to the police station to check in and review the case files as usual, but Yukichi Tomao, who woke up early to send the teenagers to work, fell into boredom.

After drying everyone's bedding and clothes, he became a little bored, even the programs of Miss Haitu couldn't cheer him up.After Yukichi Maomao was dazed for a while, he opened Fukuzawa Yukichi's closet door as he did a few days ago, got in directly, buried himself in a pile of kimonos, closed his eyes and slept for a while, before he seemed like Somewhat ashamed, he got out of the pile of clothes, and with a red face, he took out all the clothes to dry outside, and by the way, used the roller to clean all the cat hair on the clothes.

Everything that needs to be done has been done, I accidentally made two extra servings of desserts for Edogawa Ranpo, and I am making soy sauce senbei for Chuya and Oda on the dining table in the living room. They also made too much, a whole big plate, but fortunately, they are very restrained children, and they won't eat everything in one sitting.The things drying in the courtyard outside were also brought in, all the clothes were folded, and even the room was cleaned twice, what else could be done?

Yukichi Maomao lay on the tatami in Fukuzawa Yukichi's room, his limbs spread out like a huge carpet, thinking while lying on his stomach.

At this moment, a figure suddenly jumped down from the fence, and walked into Fuze's house swaggeringly.

The figure was short and thin, and more importantly, the back of his head protruded outward, like a shell.

The figure didn't feel anything wrong when he saw the big cat in the room, and walked straight towards the living room.Then he unceremoniously picked up the senbei on the table and took a bite.

"Crack."

! ! ! !Yuji Maomao turned pale with fright, immediately jumped up from the spot, picked up the broom and insect repellant in the storage room, and rushed to the living room.

The old man who was sitting on the sofa eating was also stunned when he saw that the cat looked aggressive but actually was terribly timid.

But he didn't have the slightest intention of giving up. After eating the senbei, he said: "Oh, the only food is a bit dry, do you have anything to drink?"

Yujimao raised the broom in his hand. If possible, he didn't want to spray insecticide on the food.

"Hey, don't hit, don't hit." Seeing that the cat really wanted to hit someone, the old man quickly waved his hand to stop him, "Oh, I'm just here for a meal, don't be so nervous, right?"

As he spoke, he disappeared from the black cat and appeared behind the big cat, "But it's amazing, you are obviously just an ordinary cat, why can you see through this old man at a glance?"

The black cat turned around in panic and saw that guy actually appeared behind him, subconsciously took out the insecticide and pressed it.

"Oh, I'm not a cockroach, don't spray that on me." After the man disappeared again, he appeared on the big cat's shoulder, "Good afternoon, I'm a slippery ghost, Nuliang slipper."

As Hua Piao said, he took out the pipe in his hand and tapped Mao Mao's head lightly before it fell to the ground again, "How about it, calm down?"

It was only then that Yuji Maomao realized that the guy who called himself Slider seemed to have no malicious intentions, so the cat withdrew the insecticide it was holding with trembling paws.

"Well, although he looks fierce when he sees outsiders coming, he is still very timid at heart." Nuliang Huapiao laughed a few times, "Well, don't worry, don't worry, the old man is just a It's just a slippery ghost, a slippery ghost is a monster who likes to eat and drink in other people's homes, it is also the so-called guest god, and will not do anything to you."

As Hua Piao said, he reached out and touched Yuji's fluffy paw, "Oh, this feels really good!"

However, when Hua Piao said that he was a "monster who likes to eat and eat", Yujimaomao had already raised his vigilance again. It quickly drew back the cat's paw and quickly ran to the dining table. Just now this monster was just eating senbei, if he was allowed to eat dessert, Luanpo would definitely make a fuss.

"Oh, look at you, could it be..." Hua Piao said, reaching out to the desserts on the table like an old child playing a prank.

Yuji Maomao flusteredly took the plate over his head, but saw the other party laughed and stuffed another senbei into his mouth, "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore, I'll rub it for a few A senbei would be fine, and make tea, make tea."

Seeing that the other party really didn't intend to grab the dessert, Yuji Maomao breathed a sigh of relief and ran to make a cup of tea and serve it to Hua Piao.

"Yeah." It was really just an accident that Nura Nurabi came to Yokohama. Although he is the general general of the Nura group that commands the monsters in the entire Kanto region, the two most important places in the Kanto region—Tokyo and Yokohama— —The Nuliang group did not get involved in it.

Tokyo is ruled by kings, and the King of Gold is from a family of onmyojis. The control of the Tokyo area by the Shishiyuan can be described as terrifying, and there are no monsters who dare to act presumptuously in Tokyo.As for Yokohama... Many years ago, the Red King dropped his sword and smashed it in Kanagawa Prefecture, almost smashing the island of the country. Yokohama also suffered from quite serious sequelae.After the war broke out, Japan was defeated, and Yokohama became a concession area. In just a few years, it became a mixed bag. The arrival of foreigners not only brought their own special products, but also brought strange things from other countries.

Originally, when Nuliang was thinking about whether to regroup the forces of the Nura group in Yokohama, the explosion that appeared out of thin air not only created a large pit with a diameter of 2000 meters, but also created a trace of Aragami's breath, and That aura has been entrenched in Yokohama for a long time, causing the foreign monsters to flee one after another, and it also made the big monsters dare not set foot in Yokohama.

The base camp of the Nuliang Group is in Ukiyo-e Town, Saitama Prefecture, on the side close to Tokyo. It is a small town with beautiful scenery.Nuliang Huapiao originally went to Tokyo to find his old friend the King of Gold to catch up on the old days, so he went to ask him if there was any news about Yuyihu, but Guochang Road Dajue still looked dead, not at all like him So energetic.The two chatted for a while before he was politely invited away by the people from the Non-Time Academy.

When he was about to go back, the cunning ghost who had never bought a ticket just found a Shinkansen and got on it, and then found himself sitting all the way to Yokohama.

Feeling that it's still too early to go home anyway, Nuliang Yupiao just wandered around Yokohama casually. As a big monster who was once so powerful that he could suppress all the monsters in the whole country, Nura Yupiao didn't pay attention to the aura of Aragami at all. Li——Anyway, he can run if he can't be beaten. Besides, no one knows where Rage God is, only that he is in Yokohama, but no one can find his exact location.

As a result, who knew that he was attracted by the fragrance in the room while walking around.

I really didn't expect that a big cat that hadn't turned into a ghost could do such a thing.Hua Piao drank tea and gnawed on a senbei in comfort.

After eating, Nuliang Huapiao didn't stay any longer, and left with a wave.

When Edogawa came back in the evening, he was keenly aware that someone had come in the afternoon, so he asked curiously: "Mr. Yuji, who is it in the afternoon?"

"Huh, has anyone been here?" Zhong also looked up in surprise after a day of hard work.

"Isn't it obvious at a glance?" Ranbu stopped speaking human words again, "No, it's not a human, is it?" Then he opened his eyes and looked at Yuji Maomao curiously. , "Mr. Yukichi, Mr. Yukichi, what kind of monster is here? Where did you meet? Did you meet when we went out for a walk together at night?"

Yuji Maomao was confused by the question. In the end, the cat talked and gestured with others for a long time, but couldn't make Luanbu understand what it wanted to say.But even though the communication was not smooth like this, Edogawa Ranpo looked quite happy, he just played with Maomao for a long time, you draw and I guess, and Nakahara Nakaya's eyes twitched while watching.

Only Oda Sakunosuke was quite calm, "Chuya, Mr. Yukichi prepared mango mousse for two, do you want to eat?"

Before Zhong Ye had time to speak, Luanbu over there no longer cared about playing the guessing game with Yuji Maomao, and rushed over decisively and said, "No, it's all mine, you are not allowed to snatch it!"