Ayanokoji in Kexue World

(22) Not so childlike

I was the last one to close the door of the Mori Detective Agency.

Before the door was closed, I caught Mao Lilan's inquiring gaze.She tilted her head, as if asking me "Is there anything else?"

Although I'm worried that Ranpo Edogawa will investigate me too much, after all I can't understand what he's thinking, but I'm also worried that he won't get anything from me, and he'll get bored and go straight home, so it's best Find a way to hang him.

"I heard them say the address, and they will probably pass by the crepe shop near the HAPiNA shopping street. Would you like me to buy some by the way?"

When Mao Lilan heard this, he put his hands together and said excitedly: "Since the HAPiNA shopping street began to be rebuilt into a large shopping mall a few months ago, the shops have basically closed. I have never gone there to buy ingredients, and the crepes there It's inconvenient."

When she said that, I knew she was interested.

"The newest product is the Italian Chestnut Montblanc flavor. In addition to the thick chestnut fruit, it also has Italian chocolate sauce and chestnut cream filling. Is it okay to buy this?"

"can!"

"What about Mr. Mori? Do you want to buy something by the way?"

I turned to Mori Kogoro, who started to twist the end of his cigarette. He already wanted to smoke, but Edogawa Ranpo was present, so it was not good for him to smoke in front of Edogawa Ranpo.It's not that he is as curious about Edogawa Ranpo as Conan is, but it's just that he is a senior in the same industry, and it's not polite to smoke.

Mori Kogoro looked up and thought for a while, then said, "Let's have a dozen beers and persimmon seeds."

Amid Mao Lilan's disapproving protests, I chatted with Edogawa Ranbu again: "Mr. Edogawa, if you are not in a hurry to leave Mihua, do you want to give it a try?"

When Edogawa Ranpo heard my voice, he squinted his eyes, as if he was looking at what I was planning.But food is still attractive enough for him.

"Since you want to invite me to eat like this, I will reluctantly agree."

"I see." I said kindly.

It's easy to make mistakes if you get entangled.

If he returns to Yokohama, I will find a way to force him to travel.But Edogawa Ranpo doesn't know how to take the train at all. Is there anyone else here to support him?

The Taguchi Rokuzo named "Ta Taguchi" contacted by Rinya Orihara will definitely be attracted by the remnants of the Cang Banner who came back, and this Taguchi Rokuzo has a personal relationship with Kunikida Doppo from the Armed Detective Agency, so he will definitely not ignore Cang Flag terrorist incidents, to others to deal with.

Most of the cases in the Armed Detective Agency are detective assistants responsible for collecting data and evidence, and the detective tasks are concentrated on Edogawa Ranpo, Kunikida Doppo and Dazai Osamu.Kunikida and Osamu Dazai are partners again. For a big case like a criminal plan, the two should not be separated.Then it should be Tanizaki Junichiro or other assistants who brought Edogawa Ranpo here.

As long as it wasn't Ranpo Edogawa who was picked up by Osamu Dazai, there shouldn't be a big problem.

These thoughts were fleeting in my mind, and I just closed the door, and Edogawa Ranpo chased after him, sticking his head out and asking: "Miss Mori said it was delicious, is it true?"

I got stuck on the stairs, nodded and said, "Yeah."

"Then I will go with you too, I want to choose by myself."

Edogawa ran out of the door, and the back of the brown cloak flew up with small and quick steps.When passing me, he looked up at me and said, "You always observe what I do? Is there something on my face?" He said, scratching his face with the pulp of his fingers.

Edogawa Ranpo sometimes always makes some mistakes that people like him don't make.Obviously he is very smart, but he makes mistakes like a child - when he eats, food scraps will always fall on the table; if there is something on his face, he will not wait for me to make it .I used to think that he was pretending to be a pig to catch a tiger. When I was with him, I always wondered when he would see through me, and how would he see me?Later, I began to understand that his character was just childish.When he thinks about it, he will do it seriously; when he doesn't want to, he can be hopelessly careless.

But, I thought so too.

He saw me as a whim, a novelty toy that hadn't been explored.As the book "The Gardener and the Carpenter" says, children will easily get bored of games with familiar rules.On the contrary, when they know nothing about the toy or game, it is when their concentration and curiosity are strongest.

Or, he sees me as "an object of observation of a natural environment living outside his own world."Just like every summer, the children catch the insects in the glass box, feed them, write diaries for them, draw pictures for them, and take them to meet different friends.Then after the summer is over, they die in the back-to-school season when kids are busy and unneeded.

Their childish, rampant and blind liking is inexplicable and untrustworthy.

One day their liking disappears for no reason and no resentment or blame.

They were like that in the first place.

I couldn't be more clear about myself.

I didn't respond to his words: "I think you should eat less sweets?"

"You haven't seen me much, why do you talk to me so much in the tone of an acquaintance? Do you treat everyone like this?"

I think he is right.

"I passed it, and I won't mention it again."

After saying this, Edogawa frowned Luanbu and said, "Just said that and then shrunk. You are really meaningless."

I was never an interesting person.

I do not mind.

Because Luanbu also joined the investigation team, the entire police car was more crowded than expected.

The current situation is that after adding Conan Edogawa to the car, although Toyama and Kazuha are the Ome of Hattori Heiji, they are still girls, so they can only sit in the front seat. Ranpo Togawa and I—the four men were split equally.Now, of course, shoulders are against shoulders, thighs are against thighs, and the back seat is crowded and full.

The Osaka policeman in the front seat looked at Edogawa Ranpo with a dark face and smiled apologetically: "Mr. Ranpo, Kazuha is a girl after all. If I squeeze with you boys, I will be thrown out of the window on the third floor by her father when I go back."

The Osaka police actually came to catch the serial murderer in Kobe, and they were accidentally involved in the case by the old man who pretended to commit suicide. Now they are investigating the details of the case with Hattori Heiji.

He should know Edogawa Ranpo, otherwise his tone would not be so respectful.

Edogawa Ranpo didn't like him.

Because of his small stature, he shrunk in the car door and looked dry, and now he clenched his mouth tightly in a bad mood.

If he were a cat, he would probably be able to see that his whole body was blown up at this moment.

But Hattori Heiji didn't notice his expression, and asked curiously: "Mr. Ranpo also came to investigate the scene? Sure enough, it's because of the corpse dumping case. Do you think it's better to conduct an on-site investigation?"

"The items carried by the deceased disappeared for no reason. It's either a coincidence, or the suicide case just started." Seeing that Hattori Heiji still respected him, Edogawa Ranpo said, "I'm not going to see him. It's so boring to set up the scene. I just stop by and eat."

"........."

Hattori Heiji and Conan exchanged glances.

"What do you mean?" Hattori asked.

"I'm going to eat!" Edogawa Ranpo said forcefully.

Conan quickly waved his hands and said, "It's not this sentence. It's the previous sentence. Mr. Ranpo said that this suicide case is just the beginning."

"If an important item around the deceased is lost, if it is held by someone else for no special reason, it is very likely that the other party will think that this item is a symbol, and the person who holds this item is the agent. In the discussion just now, I have said , the old man pretended to commit suicide and wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge on someone. But after the police judged that it was suicide, those who knew the old man's resentment before his death must also feel angry and want to execute it on his behalf.

This kind of revenge case abounds, and the novels are all badly written. "

Luanbu thought for a while, and said nonchalantly: "Of course, I just said it casually, and it may not be true." It was obvious that he was really not interested in the case, and said whatever came to mind.

Hattori Heiji looked at me and said, "Ayanokōji, what do you say?"

I was like watching a play in the auditorium, and the audience who was asked to participate in a few sentences looked at Hattori Heiji in a daze.Why does he always want to cue me?

"Mr. Edogawa is an authoritative expert in the field of reasoning, and I think his judgment can be taken into consideration."

As soon as I finished speaking, I saw Ranpo Edogawa trying to suppress the corners of his mouth from turning upwards.

"I was called Waterloo in the morning, why am I now an authoritative expert?"

He was referring to what the newspapers told him - the Waterloo of reasoning.Instead of laughing at himself now, it's more like asking, wanting others to praise him more and more.After all, the word "self-deprecating" does not exist in Edogawa Ranpo's dictionary.

"You are excellent in itself, and this has nothing to do with the rhetoric of journalists in order to gain attention."

As soon as I said this, Edogawa Ranpo couldn't hold back his expression any longer, and said complacently, "How come Ranpo-sama doesn't know?"

The scene where the old man pretended to commit suicide was in an apartment building.

As soon as we got out of the car, Conan and Hattori Heiji couldn't wait to go to the scene.If they really followed what Edogawa Ranpo said, they might be able to prevent a murder from happening.It would be better if it didn't happen.Yuan Shan and Ye did not hold them back, and quickly followed their steps.

When the driver, the Osaka Police, saw them get out of the car, he hurriedly rolled down the window, followed their backs and shouted, "My car didn't even come to a complete stop. It's too dangerous for you to get out of the car like this!"

However, everyone ran away and disappeared, and the Osaka police called out lonely.

Compared with them, Edogawa Ranpo and I behaved more relaxed and calm.We didn't get out of the car until the car was parked and the engine was turned off.

Just about to follow them to the apartment building, the Osaka police saw their colleague talking to a young man wearing a black five-barrel cassock. The atmosphere was not as peaceful as imagined.The Osaka policeman was curious for a moment, and walked towards the two of them.I didn't want to care about it at first, but when I saw Ranpo Edogawa follow the Osaka police, I also turned around.

The police officer in a gray suit saw us and introduced: "This man said that he is a conjurer who came here to remove the curse spirit, but he didn't have a power of attorney. He wandered here and there, acting suspiciously, so we called He's here for a question."

The black-haired young man who was being questioned by the police was not in a hurry, and while straightening his cuffs, he said casually, "If you have any questions, you can ask them earlier, or you won't have a chance."

"You can go." Edogawa Ranpo said.

The police officer in the gray suit hurriedly interjected, "I haven't looked at his identification yet."

Luanbu ignored him, and drove the black-haired youth away: "Don't walk around here. Hurry up!"

With a gentle smile, the black-haired young man looked suspiciously at Edogawa Ranpo who kept urging him, and finally left the scene under the intervention of the Osaka police officer.

When I was at the end, I saw that young man glanced at us from a distance, with a cold and treacherous smile on his lips.

"Did you see it?" Edogawa walked in front in disorder.

I said "Huh?" from behind, just in time to meet his gaze.

"His shadow will change on its own. It's either a supernatural being, or a conjurer as he said. And he doesn't care about the police's attitude. He even had murderous intentions just now."

Edogawa stopped in Luanbu, followed me and turned to look in the direction of the young man, then looked at me again, and gave serious instructions.

"He's supposed to be a fugitive murderer, or what he calls a 'curser'.Ayanokouji, don't get too close to him just because it's fun. "

...fun?

I'm not so childish.

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Extra episode "Zero's Helper" (1)

Today is April 28nd.

In fact, starting from April 29th, which is a legal holiday, "Showa Day", the third, fourth, and fifth days of May are Japanese holidays, as well as May [-]st and May [-]nd this year. On weekends, there will be large-scale continuous holidays.As a result, many white-collar workers directly took annual leave, strung together all the festivals, and made a holiday plan.

The home of Dr. Ali, where I am staying, also plans to go to the Ocean Edge Resort, which opened in May, on consecutive holidays, and take the boy detective team to play for a day.

However, I prefer to work in Café Poirot.

I am not the type to enjoy life.

Secondly, my colleague Toru Amuro took a lot of days off during that period, and the owner hoped that I could take over all the shifts for the consecutive May holidays.Originally, if there was no Toru Amuro, I would have to take over all the shifts, so I didn't care about not having personal time, so I quickly agreed.

Although Dr. Ali was disappointed, he always recognized that I was a work-study student, so he did not stop my decision.

By the way, Café Poirot also recently installed new TVs.

I can also listen to the sound of TV during working hours to pass the free time.These news programs can be used to chat with others, and they will not become awkward chats with regular customers.

For example, the news this morning is that there was an explosion at the venue where the international summit will be held on May [-]st. People were talking about it from morning to afternoon, even Azusa Enomoto, who didn't like to watch the news, also started talking about it.

"I don't know if the international summit next week will still be held normally?" Azusa Enomoto wiped his glass and said, "I heard that more than 2 security guards were sent to check the defense, and there was an explosion today. I'm really worried..."

"If it was just an ordinary accident, it should still be held as usual."

After all, the integrated resort Edge of Ocean (the edge of the ocean) was built specifically for this Tokyo summit, so it's a bit of a waste.But if it really rises to a terrorist attack, the safety of the participants in the international summit must be the first of all considerations.

However, I think the timing of the explosion is not as simple as I imagined, because in the anti-theft camera footage broadcast in the news, I saw the figure of Amuro Toru flashing by—as if he was affected by bomb fragments.

"Mr. Amuro seems to have not arrived yet." Azusa Enomoto heard the alarm clock ringing, subconsciously looked towards the door.

One o'clock this afternoon is the shift time for Azusa Enomoto and Toru Amuro.

Azusa Enomoto invited her friends to go to the movies.

Because of the subsequent consecutive breaks, she can't go out to play, so the time when Toru Amuro can change shifts is the rest time she must strive for.

I saw that there were not many people there, so I said, "Miss Enomoto, you are in a hurry, so go there first. I will take care of the store. There are not many people."

"I should wait for Mr. Amuro to come, I can't let you do so much work alone." Azusa Enomoto refused, "Shall I call and ask?"

If I read the figure on the news correctly, Toru Amuro may need medical treatment, so I probably won't be able to come today.

"fine."

Sometimes, I find that when I persuade others to listen to my advice, my words are always pale.For example, at this time, I don't think it's necessary for Azusa Enomoto to call Toru Amuro, but it's hard to explain, so I can only say "it's okay" dryly.

Azusa Enomoto waved his hands and said, "Why are you all right?" After being unable to get through Toru Amuro, Azusa Enomoto, who was in a hurry, helped me with some kitchen work before leaving.

After a delay of about 10 to [-] minutes, Azusa Enomoto left the Poirot Café. Before leaving, she waved a phone gesture and said, "If you are busy, call me anytime, and I will come by car to help you."

This cafe is very humane.

The shop owner and colleagues can understand each other, help each other, and never complain about who has done less.

For a while, I also thought that this kind of job might be very suitable for me, even if the salary is not high, but it is very comfortable.

Shortly after I agreed, Toru Amuro arrived at the cafe, and when he saw me head-on, he said "Sorry, I'm late".I'm surprised that he can still come to work as usual at this time.He had a hemostatic bandage on his face, and some scrapes and bruises were treated briefly, and he didn't look in good spirits.

Toru Amuro will not be someone who is mentally disabled due to injury.Generally speaking, he can still come to work with his injuries, and he can make some jokes to show that he doesn't care about the injuries.Now he is probably thinking too much, so he can't open his frown.

I have reason to speculate that it was due to an explosion at the summit venue.

Although I have a lot of related things in my head, I will not take the initiative to discuss these things, let alone ask about the cause of his injury like Azusa Enomoto.

Seeing that the program was discussing the explosion of the summit building, I silently used the remote control to switch to the technology channel - the unmanned inspection machine "White Bird" that has completed inspections and explorations from outer space will soon return to Earth.Representatives of the Tokyo Space Agency explained the recovery.

Toru Amuro didn't pay attention to my movements, and went straight into the staff lounge to change his coat quietly, put on the dark apron of Café Poirot and came out again.

"Ayanokōji." After passing in front of me, Toru Amuro turned back and said, "Do you have time to do me a favor?"

There is a major premise here, Toru Amuro knows that I am the "Kasashia" of the Black Organization.He also knows, I know he is the Japanese police.There are many stories that happened in the middle, but I won't tell them here.All in all, I was worthy of his trust at some point.

"No."

I flatly declined.

Toru Amuro looked at me steadfastly, not discouraged at all: "It seems that you know what I want from you for help?"

But if the eyes can make people submit, the country does not need violent institutions to maintain law and order.

I continued to look back at Toru Amuro unmoved.

Toru Amuro was not surprised by my reaction, and continued: "If you don't want to help, maybe I can ask you some questions. Can you give me some advice? If the matter is not dealt with in time, I am afraid that the terrorist attack will intensify. More people are in danger."

He rarely showed this expression in front of me.

I'm short of words, so I don't know how to describe his current state.

Toru Amuro has never discussed the Japanese police affairs with me, because of the conflict of identities and conflicting positions after all, but this time he came to me firmly for help.Because he wanted to completely eradicate this crisis.

I think this may be one of the reasons why he would rather go back to Café Poirot with his wounds.

As a member of the national public security, Toru Amuro will put the country first under any circumstances with his strong sense of responsibility and mission.However, the education I received from a young age did not include patriotic education and the spirit of caring for others.Therefore, I cannot resonate with Toru Amuro's mood.Of course, I am also indifferent to the life and death of others.

"You can make a condition. I know your consulting fee will be expensive."

Because I single-handedly planned the resignation of Shidou Zhengyi, my position in the black organization is one level higher than that of Amuro Toru.In addition, I was also required to participate in more decision-related activities, so status determines worth.

However, what he said made me take a moment to think about it.

Because I don't think I can get what I want from him, and I don't have anything I want, so I must follow his words and make a condition. For me, it takes time to think of.

"I can't think of you for the time being that you can pay what I want."

My words seemed to be refusing, so the light in Toru Amuro's pupils dimmed a bit.But I still followed my rhythm and said slowly: "However, this can be used as an opportunity in the future. If I need it, you must not refuse my request if the law allows it and the morals and ethics approve it."

This sentence made Amuro reveal an unimaginable expression—what kind of form is he going to work for me?

To be honest, if I really want him to help, he will be forced into my plan if he doesn't want to help, so in fact I just put a layer of sugar coating on the cannonball.

"How about it?"

After a certain amount of thinking and judgment, Toru Amuro agreed simply: "Yes."

"Then what result do you want?"

Ask clearly what Party A wants, and I will give the corresponding result.But Party A’s agreement is to cooperate with me, which does not mean that I want to listen to his decision due to changes in mood.

"I will only give a final result."

Let's take a simple example.

It’s the same as drafting—Party A will propose ideas to Party B, and Party B will follow along with the drawing, and will provide line drafts in the middle, and will also make revisions due to various other vague and inaccurate requirements of Party A, and finally reach a deal between Party A and Party B.

However, this is the case here.

If Party A chooses to cooperate with me, after telling me what he wants, I will neither give the line draft nor revise the painting again, and Party A will only receive the finished draft.

Toru Amuro still chose to believe me, so he agreed.

"You saw the morning news, didn't you?"

After getting my nod in reply, Toru Amuro continued to explain: "I don't think it was an accident, but if we trace it, we will only get the insignificant result of "the kitchen gas leaked accidentally", and we cannot get high vigilance.My individual thoughts and opinions are submitted to the upper level, and the time for approval is enough to hold two international summits, and the time will be too late. "

"Why do you think it wasn't an accident?"

"Under the high probability, accidents will not happen at the right time." Toru Amuro explained, "The resort will open on May 28st, and the venue will be open. Before today, April [-]th, there will still be construction and construction work in the venue." The security people come in and out. Only today is the security inspection day, and all irrelevant people will evacuate, leaving only the police and helpers to check all the facilities in the building. This "accident" is specially selected for this day, isn't it too good at picking the time? ? "

This is a reasonable judgment.

"So, you want to turn it into a terrorist attack, so that the police will be vigilant, find out who is the instigator, and take precautions to prevent more accidents and casualties at the international summit?" I began to plan in my head , "So, how much loss do you allow?"

I may be asking more abstractly.

Amuro Toru didn't reply for a while.

I continued to explain: "For example, how many casualties do you allow? How many buildings collapse? How much can your authority in the police, or your colleagues' authority, be damaged? Do you care about reputation?"

"……What do you want to do?"

Toru Amuro looks at me like he looks at a dangerous terrorist. His eyes are full of doubts, untrustworthy and incomprehensible.

"For example, I can post a threatening video on the Internet, pointing out that the explosion in the morning is my dissatisfaction with the summit and a warning to the government. In this way, there will be an action team to investigate the case carefully."

"You? If you want to do this, it will be tracked down at that time... Are you so confident?"

I guess he was thinking 'What if the police follow through and catch me?But I am very confident that I can escape the police. 』Of course I can't have such confidence.

In Shakespeare's "Macbeth", there is such a sentence: "Confidence is the greatest enemy of man."Overconfidence is a shortcut to failure.

I told Toru Amuro, "The "I" here is just an example.I'm just an ordinary person, how could I do such a thing? "

As soon as I said this, the name "Shidou Masayoshi" popped out of Amuro's mouth, but he still didn't make a sound.

"In your mind, who is the more suitable person? Maybe posting a video, maybe other methods that can prove evidence, but who is the one who can escape unscathed even if caught?"

I looked up and stared straight at the ceiling.

Toru Amuro: "You can't think of it for the time being?"

I continued to guide him to think: "You said, who is on the ceiling?"

"Mori... sir? Isn't he your teacher?"

"Actually, the safest candidate here is "you". "

How could a public security that is deeply recognized and trusted by state agencies be involved in terrorist attacks?But once it is confirmed that he is suspected, it will be found out afterwards that he directed and acted himself. I am afraid that Toru Amuro's illegal operation will be recorded in the file.

Amuro's eyes also looked at the ceiling: "Now I can only trust Mr. Mori."

I glanced at Toru Amuro out of the corner of my eye.

"Macbeth" said, "In order to frame us, the devil often deliberately tells us the truth, wins our trust in small things, and then falls into his trap in important moments."

Is Toru Amuro really clueless?

The answer is naturally impossible.

Let's take a look.

The author has something to say:

Because of a mistake in copying and pasting, the content of the chapter is repeated, and the subsequent content has been fixed and there is no way to change it. (The price of the chapter is still the same as before. It didn’t increase because of the addition of [-] characters. Please don’t worry.) I can only temporarily write a side story, based on "Zero’s Executor" (Conan Movie Edition, that is, there is Toru Amuro) The one with the famous scene) as the background story, and the subsequent content will also be put up following the "Fanwai".I am so sorry.