Mr. Oda and his friends

Standing on the side of the street chatting for more than half an hour, seeing the sky getting darker and darker, the uncle fish seller waved vigorously at the two young people: "Let's go first, let's go back and see how the dinner is doing. Don’t go to other people’s houses when you buy things, I’ll give you a discount!”

"Okay, I will trouble you if necessary."

Oda Sakunosuke nodded with a smile, sent him across the road with the stroller he was pushing, and then turned back to ask Hiyori who was waiting at the same place to whisper to her: "Do you like to eat salt-baked fish? Do you want me to go?" What should uncle learn to do?"

But when he asked, he had already kept this to-do list in his heart.

Hiyori thought about it sideways, compared to instant curry, the taste of grilled fish in salt is obviously better in terms of freshness.So she decisively expressed her approval and affirmation to Mr. Oda's culinary training plan: "The fish is delicious and worth it!"

"That's great. In addition to grilling with salt, the taste of vinegar pickling is also good, or grilling with butter. It's much more cost-effective to buy the ingredients yourself than go to the store." Here, he finally touched Hiyori's preference. He was secretly happy, but the latter was distracted by the round octopus balls on the street.

A pinch of octopus arms and toes broke through the wheat flour skin and protruded out, like a hair on the head, cute!Sakunosuke didn't seem to notice that his hair was also sticking up...don't tell him!

The two were thinking about their own thoughts and walking side by side, and the gradually brighter lights combined their shadows together, making them look like one person.

Back at the office, as soon as Hiyori entered the door, he saw President Fukuzawa standing in front of Ranpo Edogawa's desk frowning.This time, it was not that the famous detective did something to be punished, but a piece of news that could not be made public but was enough to cause a huge shock came from Tokyo.

"Are you back? Just right, let's take a look."

Mr. President handed over the information he had just received, and Oda Sakunosuke took it and held it in front of him carefully. Hiyori grabbed the arm of the red-haired young man and followed to see: "These people... don't know each other."

"They are all old people who are hiding behind the scenes and manipulating current events. A few years ago, because of the 'betrayed seven', the war came to an abrupt end, which can be regarded as stopping the loss of this country in time. For the powerful families, the war ended suddenly The facts restrict them from continuing to take advantage of this, but protect them from being completely liquidated. The vast majority of those who stand in the military court for trial are just pawns that are temporarily pushed out as scapegoats." Speaking of these, even Fu Ze Yukichi couldn't help sighing: "Nowadays, the old people control the resources that can determine the destiny of the country. It can be said that a single hair will affect the whole body. I never thought..."

——The so-called information is actually a list full of names, some of which are suffixed with "Illness Retirement", and some of them have a small black box added to the name.

If he was 20 years younger, maybe President Fukuzawa would be able to do something to these old thieves with a youthful spirit.However, as people get older, people want to arrange everything in a safe and smooth manner, so the drive is naturally not as strong as before.It can't be said that the lone swordsman Yinlang's knife is blunt, but he thinks more than before and is more constrained.

"Yokohama just finished chaos, and Tokyo is in chaos again. I'm afraid life for the Ministry of Internal Affairs will become more and more difficult." Yosano Akiko sighed while crossing his arms, Edogawa ran his feet on the desk, and put his hands together. Pillow in the back of his head: "What does it matter, I think things may develop in a direction that no one expects. Besides, early death and late death are death, and some people are fine a few days earlier..."

"Random steps."

President Fukuzawa took a look at his adopted son and reminded him not to be too absolute.

Sure enough, the famous detective kept his mouth shut, moved his feet off the table and sat down: "Okay, I got it!"

This child is smart and smart, and he is reliable in doing things, but he doesn't know when his temper will mature.Mr. Fukuzawa let him go, and turned to all the members in front of him: "Yokohama has just recovered from the past leading struggle, and suddenly there is a sudden change in Tokyo. No one knows whether PortMafia will take this opportunity to expand its influence. Force. From tomorrow, I will go to Tokyo to maintain the situation with Chief Tanada, you stay and move freely, pay attention to safety."

Among the current members of the detective agency, there is no successor who can trust him with confidence, so he does not plan to bring anyone with him this trip.

"Ranpo, and Yosano, the commission from the Metropolitan Police Department is more worrying; Tianshan and Oda pay more attention to the safety of the client; as for Hiyori..."

Fukuzawa Yukichi paused subtly: "About your reward, settle it yourself."

Solving it by yourself is not letting it go, but a conclusion drawn after a night of thinking-it may not be the best way to educate children blindly.Hiyori is different from Ranpo. She needs to see the real world with her own eyes. When he couldn't help but want to protect the child for various reasons, he might have committed the same crime as those who hurt her. mistake.

"Oh, ok! Can I ask everyone for help?"

Hiyori doesn't have any delicate and sensitive nerves. It is precisely because he understands her straightforward and straightforward side that Mr. President dared to make this seemingly "isolated" decision.

"Yes, everyone has areas they are good at and bad at."

President Fukuzawa nodded: "It's not shameful to ask people for help, well done."

Anyway, she will definitely stick to Oda, the old father can only pretend that he doesn't know anything.

In the past, Rihe would never say such a thing, she would only execute all the instructions she could understand like a robot, and as for the ones she couldn't understand... just pretend to be stupid and pretend not to hear.

Sure enough, the next morning, the Supernatural Secret Service Division sent a special car to pick up President Fukuzawa.Several days later, before he came back from Tokyo, Ango Sakaguchi, who had worked overtime, suddenly appeared in the living room of the Armed Detective Agency.According to usual habits, everyone basically tacitly agreed that he came here alone to find Sakunosuke Oda, so they were not at all curious about the officer of the Supernatural Secret Service who was sitting on the sofa.

"Ango, are you resting today?"

Mr. Oda, who hurried back from the field, entered the door with a three-colored cat with its tail curled up in his hand. It seems that his commission today went very well, so smooth that he was free to catch stray animals.Mr. Sakaguchi put down the newspaper and greeted him with big dark circles under his eyes: "Yo, Sakunosuke, are you done?"

"It's not bad, it's about the same. Are you here...?" Oda Sakunosuke let go of the three-colored cat holding the back of the neck, and the cat slid under Hiyori's stool, causing the girl to lower her head and try to catch it.

"Since President Fukuzawa is not here...I have brought a good news and a bad news, which one do you listen to first?" Ango pushed his glasses back to their original positions, and there was a bit of inexplicable strange emotion in his smile.The detectives became interested, and Ranpo Edogawa touched a bag of green beans from the table and opened it: "Is it related to Tokyo?"

"In fact, the scope involved is not very large, at least for the world of ordinary people."

Ango Sakaguchi gave a vague answer, and the famous detective made a clear expression based on it: "I see, that's how it is."

What do you understand? !

Oda Sakunosuke looked bewildered, and the detective raised his head proudly and didn't look at him—it's not so easy to tell you the answer, hum!

"Ah... Mr. Ranpo? Please!"

Yosano Akiko, who was already familiar with Shunmao's routine, stepped forward to open a bottle of soda for him. Not far away, Hiyori took out the candy in his pocket, and a tyrant Tianshan flower bag in the tea room uploaded a cute smiling face on the computer.Mr. Oda looked left and right, not knowing what he could do, so he turned his attention to his friend: "Um..."

It's not very good to do so, but recently, Ranpo-san seems to hate me.

Ango Sakaguchi spread his hands and made an innocent expression.

The only detective in the Armed Detective Agency is not something he, a "little civil servant", dares to provoke. What if Edogawa Ranpo refuses to provide help because of this?Fukuzawa Yukichi, the only one who can control him, may not be able to come back from Tokyo recently. The famous detective is in a state of letting himself go.

Unable to get help and prompts, Oda Sakunosuke frowned and thought again, then stretched out his hand to Ranpo who drank the soda in one breath: "Glass ball, do you need my help to take it out?"

The two children adopted by President Fukuzawa are not narrow-minded.The famous detective who would become easy-talking after a little coaxing raised his nose in disorder: "Hmph, let the detective reveal the answer to you blunt bastards!"

He looked at Ango Sakaguchi who came to deliver the news, and the latter put down the teacup covering the corner of his mouth: "Then let's say the bad news first, at least for the next month, Mr. Fukuzawa will not be able to leave Tokyo."

"Of course it's because, in a sense, the situation in Tokyo is serious enough to affect the whole country." Ranpo Edogawa took the candy from Hiyori and nodded: "Very serious. If things get messed up If it is smashed, it will probably directly lead to the collapse of everything currently in place. Not only will a city be in crisis, but the entire country, and even the whole world, will suffer a terrible blow."

If he could change his tone to be more tense, maybe everyone would take it more seriously, just looking at the glass ball with candy eyes in his mouth, it is completely impossible to imagine the "truth" of Tokyo.

"Then here is the good news I brought~"

Ango Sakaguchi was also relaxed, and even leaned back comfortably on the soft back of the reception sofa: "Fortunately, everything is still under control..."

"It seems that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will soon need several new departments, and your work will also be shared."

Luanbu "clicked" to crush the sugar ball in his mouth: "Congratulations in advance, maybe you can resume your normal routine."

In response, Mr. Sakaguchi raised his teacup in the direction of Tokyo and said, "Thank you!"

"Hey, hey! If you two continue to play riddles like this, I will not accompany you."

Yosano Akiko raised his eyebrows impatiently, Sakaguchi Ango and Edogawa Ranpo exchanged a look that belonged to a smart person, and the former explained his doubts to the lady with a good-tempered hand: "I think you have seen the previous list, which caused this It is two old acquaintances who appear on this list."

"It's... Wutiao and summer oil?"

Hiyori also bit a candy and made a vague voice: "They did something bad, but I don't feel angry."

Hiyori is not stupid. I learned from Oda Sakunosuke that "adding a black box to the name to indicate the deceased" is a customary habit. In addition, Sakaguchi Ango leaked more than half of the clues. The conjurers took some action.

Mr. Fukuzawa said that the root cause of Riko Amana's tragedy is not only the superstitious behavior, but also the selfishness, numbness, and indifference of the whole society.Now someone rose up and broke the chains that made everyone feel painful. Even if it breaks the law, it still deserves respect.