The devil is too popular

Saying goodbye to her and going back, I also got 'It's interesting, although it feels a bit useless, but maybe you're kind of cute...Hoohoo, although my favorite animal is a snake, I don't hate furry tigers either? ', before leaving, she stuffed a cold, hard object.

When I went out, I saw a piece of silver-white snake scales, shining in the dark, which always felt very precious.

...also very suspicious.

How should I put it, I always feel like I slap this piece before going to bed at night-why are the scales as big as a palm?Do snakes this big really exist in reality? ——If you put your scales under your pillow, you will definitely have nightmares.

The edges of the scales were as sharp as a blade, and Atsushi Nakajima's fingers were bleeding just by brushing them lightly. He wrapped the scales with paper towels several times before putting them in his pocket carefully.

Although the appearance is light and delicate like a work of art, the scales of the snake are very heavy, and it feels heavy in the pocket, like a brick.

Letting this suspicious thing stick to his body, feeling the weight, Atsushi Nakajima suddenly felt that Yuai Edogawa's dreams became believable.

"Miss Jieai is really a special person..."

He said with mixed feelings.

Unknowingly, Atsushi Nakajima's address to Edogawa Yuai became "Miss Yuai".

"...maybe not human anymore."

Edogawa Ranpo said meaningfully.

Atsushi Nakajima looked at him in surprise, and suddenly remembered that the detective was very quiet today, instead of being lively as usual, and was absent-minded all the way as if he was thinking about something.

"...what?"

"After killing the gods, you will be reincarnated into a godslayer through the ritual of the witch Pandora. There is an essential difference from human beings, just like being reborn."

"That's why Godslayer regards Pandora as his adoptive mother." Atsushi Nakajima continued his words, "That's what the story of Miss Yuai said."

Atsushi Nakajima was very impressed, he was really attracted just now, even if he knew it was fake, it was indeed a very charming story.If it is written as a light novel, it will definitely become an annual bestseller.

Yuai Edogawa stays at home all the year round, so she probably read a lot of these stories at home, absorbing the knowledge of various myths, and then came up with them.

When we meet next time, should I suggest that she write these out and publish them... While thinking about this, Atsushi Nakajima's thoughts were interrupted.

"...story?"

Ranbu repeated Atsushi Nakajima's words in a low voice, put one hand in his pocket, opened his eyes completely, and looked at him with emerald green pupils.

"Do you think so?"

"Because, because it sounds outrageous. What kind of god is it?" Demon King and the like.

"Dun"

Edogawa ranpo called his name calmly.

"It's four o'clock in the afternoon."

The specific time is 3:57 pm, not too much.

"The night in Yokohama has been going on for an hour."

The detective took off his hat and pressed it to his chest, and looked away from Atsushi Nakajima, looking in the direction he had come all the way.

As if to see the girl all the way through the night.

Atsushi Nakajima couldn't help but look in the direction of his line of sight, seeing nothing as it should.

He turned around and couldn't help but argue, "This should be done by a supernatural person. It covers a wide area of ​​a city. Although I don't know why the president and the others didn't contact us, we should go back quickly..."

"The coverage area is as wide as a city." Edogawa took a step forward, took out the mobile phone from Atsushi Nakajima's pocket, pointed the screen at him and pressed the power button.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

Atsushi Nakajima stared blankly, the screen was dark, only his own face was reflected.

"And cut off all modern technology within the scope."

"How, how is it possible." Until then, Atsushi Nakajima realized the seriousness of the matter.

When I was at Edogawa Yuai's house before, although I didn't care about the dark night outside.But that young girl has a confusing aura, just listening to her dreams and suppressing the excitement in her heart is already exhausting, and there is no time to think about external things.

Now, after witnessing these things, Atsushi Nakajima broke free from the mythical high force value that often caused harm to the whole world in the girl's story, and returned to reality personally.

Bringing it into the perspective of an ordinary ability user, it is only then that I can feel that the effect of the ability can continue to cover the entire city, and can last for several hours without fatigue.

"Wait, wait a minute." He tried to think on the bright side, "Maybe it's just that my mobile phone is out of battery, something is wrong, or it's just cutting off the electronic signal, not to the extent of cutting off modern technology... . ” Although that was scary enough.

Atsushi Nakajima knows how terrifying it is in the 21st century to cut off communication in a modern city.

And Ranbu just looked at him.

"Dun, don't you think it's too quiet around here?"

"Huh...?" Atsushi Nakajima remembered that, unlike the usual hustle and bustle, along the way, there were only his and Ranpo's voices.

"The place where Jie Ai lives is only a 10-minute drive from the business district."

Edogawa Ranpo said calmly, "Usually, this point will be blocked."

"Did you see a car along the way with me?"

Atsushi Nakajima was silent in astonishment, and took a step forward in disorder, turning Atsushi's face to let him look around.

Atsushi Nakajima could only see darkness on all sides, only the red moonlight shining down.

"There are residential buildings nearby, all of them."

Luanbu pressed his hat hard against his chest, "If there is still electricity, it suddenly fell into the night, why didn't they turn on the lights?"

It was too surreal, Atsushi Nakajima couldn't believe it, and tried to save the crumbling world view as a last resort

"This is because..."

For what reason, he couldn't say, he opened his mouth for a long time, but finally closed it.

"I have only one explanation for the situation, and that is."

Ranpo Edogawa, the best detective in the world, passed the most incredible judgment in the world in front of Atsushi Nakajima.

"My sister, Yuai Edogawa, she is indeed."

Responding to his words, the night became darker, and the blood-red moonlight fell on Luanbu's porcelain-like face.

"Become the Demon King."

When Atsushi Nakajima returned to the detective agency, he almost thought he had gone to the wrong door.

Due to the nature of his abilities, it is not difficult to see in the dark, and the tiger's night vision is very powerful.What's more, the red full moon in the sky is continuous, just like the real moon, outputting moonlight to illuminate the earth.

This moonlight is more spiritual than physical.

"As long as you think 'I want to see that' in my heart, the moonlight will shine in that direction..."

The experience is like walking in a magical realm.

I also met some other people on the way. They should have stayed on the street a few hours ago, but they were suddenly drawn into the night. Compared with them, it seems that Moonlight is only the privilege of Ranpo and Dun.

"Mr. Ranpo is her older brother, so it's not surprising that he was treated differently, but I..."

When Atsushi Nakajima was puzzled, he took out the silver scale from his pocket in a random manner. At this time, the tissue wrapping the snake scale had been completely torn.

His movements were smooth and casual, and Atsushi Nakajima looked frightened, fearing that the edge of the scales would cut off Ranbu's fingers in the next second.

But nothing happened, the heavy and sharp snake scales, which looked more like weapons than biological tissues, lay quietly on Ranbu's hands, and he pressed them onto the lost person again.

"Can you see the way home?"

"Ah... ah! Incredibly, the moonlight helped me to illuminate it! I can see clearly!"

"Then go back."

Accepting the other party's thanks, and unceremoniously asked for a handkerchief as a thank you gift, holding the scales in disorder and looking at Atsushi Nakajima.

The latter looked into the darkness again, but this time there was no moonlight to illuminate him.

Ranpo rewrapped the scales with a handkerchief and put them back in Atsushi Nakajima's pocket. The heavy scales stuck to his body in the pocket, and Atsushi could see the road again.

"Is this the purpose of Miss Jieai's gift..." He was a little stunned, "Could it be that she had already anticipated it at home..."

"No, knot love is just a simple wish to send."

Edogawa Ranpo flatly denied, "She didn't think about the purpose of the gift at all. For her, the matter of 'giving you a gift' is already the supreme gift."

"It's just pure luck to be useful here."

"...that is."

Staring at the road illuminated by the moonlight, Luanbu was expressionless, showing no emotion.

"She is not going to make any remedy for this dark night."

"Jiaai doesn't even think she's wrong for bringing night to the city."

In the detective agency, Edogawa Ranpo ended with this sentence.

As soon as he entered the door, he briefly explained the cause and effect, and in the following time, he recounted the strange dreams that Edogawa Yuai said.Didn't make any explanations, just a simple retelling.

Everyone in the detective agency listened quietly. Dazai Osamu was sitting on the table, his slender legs were crossed together and illuminated by the moonlight, his face was hidden in the darkness, and his expression could not be seen clearly.

"Huh...my sister thinks so..."

He pondered, his tone showed that he had grasped the situation, and it should not be Atsushi Nakajima's misunderstanding, his attitude was more serious than usual.

And Atsushi Nakajima's attention is actually more in other places.

Inside the detective agency, unlike the darkness outside, the middle area was as bright as if a light had been turned on.

It wasn't candles or flashlights that made the light, but—

"Why, why put so many mirrors together?"

Atsushi Nakajima finally couldn't help asking the question that he cared about when he entered the door.

The ground in the center of the detective agency is very empty. Around it, there are several surfaces in different forms. Obviously, a large floor-to-ceiling mirror was found temporarily and placed on the floor to reflect the moonlight entering from the window and play a role in lighting.

This scene was really strange and funny, but the people inside seemed to be used to it, even Mr. Ranpo who came in with him didn't take a second look, and walked in naturally.

Atsushi Nakajima still didn't understand, so he specifically asked for an explanation.

Everyone was in deep thought, and Ms. Yosano was standing beside her with her chest folded. Hearing this, she walked over, picked up a candle from the floor next to her, and lit it in front of Atsushi Nakajima.

The small flame burned quietly, and swayed slightly with the wind, casting a black shadow on the wall.

"...!"

Atsushi Nakajima opened his eyes wide, and behind him, Kyoka approached at some point and covered his mouth to prevent him from making a sound.

The shadow projected on the wall swayed with the wind once, twice, and for the third time, the edges of the shadow solidified and turned into two black hands, stretching from the wall to the candle, with a firm grip, the top of the candle was The flame goes out.

Those black hands gave Atsushi Nakajima an extremely creepy feeling. If those hands were stretched out towards him, he didn't have the confidence to win... no, he didn't have the confidence to escape alive.

"It's because of this."

Yosano Akiko put the candle aside again, and used her skirt to extinguish the last spark on the fuse. She looked at Atsushi Nakajima quietly.

"If you don't stop them, you won't be attacked...but no one should want to stop that kind of monster."

As she spoke, she smiled self-deprecatingly.

"This is the night my sister wants."

It was Dazai Osamu who answered this sentence. His upper body was leaning forward, his face was exposed to the light, and the shadow on his collarbone was deep.

"In order to activate power, Yuai Edogawa will keep Yokohama in darkness for the rest of his life."