Wenhao is my vest

When talking with Edogawa Ranpo, Aoki Araya's thoughts drifted away a little.

Write a few articles that are not so attractive, and then reveal a little information that ordinary people don't know-the plan to find people by this method was not proposed by Araya Aoki, but [Ellen Poe] knew this Poe of the world also came to mind after writing.

——In other words, from Edgar Allan Poe's discovery of something wrong to his self-inflicted trap, everything was done by [Ellen Poe], a very harmless noble young master.

After lamenting the great contrast between the heroic spirit's appearance and heart, Aoki Araya realized what question Edogawa Ranpo had just asked.

He was silent for a while, and found that he couldn't get rid of the bad taste in [Ellen Poe]'s spiritual foundation, so he replied unhurriedly: "Is Shuji Tsushima?"

"Although I don't quite understand what you mean, but we generally call him 'Dazai Osamu', which is exactly the same as the name of the member of your armed detective agency."

Edogawa Ranpo recalled the weak and harmless Shuji Tsushima, but for a long time he couldn't see what the two people had in common: "The relationship between people with the same name doesn't seem to be as big as I imagined."

【Ellen Poe】smiled: "Mr. Ranpo should have already noticed that Mr. Poe and I have written several novels with roughly the same plot."

Edogawa Ranpo glanced at Poe, and found that he was struggling to digest the huge amount of information revealed in the conversation between the two, then threw him aside and nodded towards [Poe].

[Ellen Poe] logically led the topic from himself to the two Dazai: "And judging from the documents that Dazai reported to me, he and your colleagues seem to like to find women to die in love."

——"Bungo Association", an organization composed of only one person, of course has no documents to report, and no superior-subordinate relationship, but in order to make the existence of the organization more credible, Aoki Araya must of course elaborate on such details effort.

Sure enough, after this sentence, Edogawa Ranpo suddenly lost interest in the topic of "what are the similarities between the two worlds?": "Is Po-kun the leader of the "Bungo Association"?"

[Ellen Poe] raised his eyes and looked at Edogawa.When this famous detective encounters a person from another world that he cannot fully see through, it is like a cat discovering a ball of wool. The emerald green eyes are shining with unconcealable curiosity, as if they are shining.

The moment he saw Ranpo Edogawa in front of the gate, this plan had already been formed in Aoki Araya's heart.If only Poe came here today, or other people—for example, Osamu Dazai accompanied Poe to the manor of the "Bungo Society", then Aoki would not let go of this somewhat obvious bait.

But Edogawa Ranpo is different.When meeting him with the identity of "Osamu Dazai", Aoki Araya discovered that this famous detective cares more about the interesting results than the cause and process, so he doesn't care about the words of "Ellen Poe" No matter what kind of tricks he played, as long as the information he got was true, it was enough.

Aoki Araya showed a friendly smile: "No. In the way of the port mafia, my position can only be regarded as a cadre."

Edogawa Ranpo: "Responsible for diplomacy?"

[Ellen Poe] Tilted his head: "Generally speaking. As expected of Mr. Ranpo that Mr. Dazai mentioned, you can tell it at a glance."

Edogawa pursed his lips in Luanbu: "It seems that you don't have a good relationship with Dazai over there."

"However," he quickly brought the topic back on track, "I'm curious who the leader of your organization is."

coming.

Aoki Araya was refreshed.

He raised his hand and stroked his chin: "The structure of the "Writer Association" is a little strange."

Edgar Allan Poe seemed to have finally sorted out his thoughts, and asked, "Don't you have a leader?"

How could Aoki Araya be sure of his words—after all, he had sworn before to the port mafia that "the name 'Bungo Association' was provided by our leader".

And after [Osamu Dazai] patted his chest to ensure that other Heroic Spirits would never have any objections, and [Ellen Poe] also expressed his agreement, Aoki Araya finally made this decision with some shame.

Then, the two people on the opposite side of the sofa saw that [Ellen Poe] closed his eyes, as if recalling something pleasant, the corner of his mouth raised a small arc: "Our leader—if you must If you want to call him this way—his name is 'Aoki Araya'."

After the scene was quiet for a few seconds, Edogawa Ranbu said abruptly: "I haven't heard of it."

[Ellen Poe] smirked: "Of course, I think it is unlikely that he has any counterparts in this world."

Poe interjected: "Why?"

The man with indigo hair closed his eyes slightly: "Because 'Aoki Araya' is just an ordinary person with little talent, completely different from us and you."

Edogawa was stunned for a moment, and found that he couldn't fully understand the logic behind this sentence.It was clear that some key information was missing, he opened his mouth, and wanted to express his doubts directly——

A harsh doorbell rang.

[Ellen Poe] stood up and walked towards the entrance: "It seems that the guest I was really waiting for has arrived."

After talking to the person outside the door, [Ellen Poe] walked back to the living room from the entrance: "It is indeed a surprise to see Poe in this world today, so I will not Submitted to the newspaper again."

There was a bit of arrogance revealed in his gentleness and politeness. This man just stood in front of the two of them, waiting for their reply.

Edgar Allan Poe's focus is not on his character: "That's what you meant when you said before."

[Edgar Allan Poe] lowered his eyelids: "Yeah. It's not good hospitality to have two guests at once."

The crow, which had been pecking at the bread crumbs on the table, flapped its wings, flew past the two people's ears, and finally landed on the man's shoulder.

Like its owner, it is as arrogant and conceited as it is arrogant.

Edogawa Ranpo didn't complain, "Is that how you treat guests with a bad attitude?" Instead, he pulled up his friend's sleeves and said goodbye to [Ellen Poe].

After the formal parting and leaving the gate of the manor, Ellen Poe asked coyly: "Why didn't Mr. Luanbu go with him to meet that guest just now?"

Indeed, this behavior is very cheeky.But Edogawa Ranpo, a genius that ordinary people can't understand, what he lacks most is the mentality of endlessly entangled with clue characters when investigating a case.

Edgar Allan Poe knew this very well, and he also understood his interest in "the association of literary giants", so this question came up.

Edogawa Ranpo sighed quietly: "That guy definitely figured it out, and today we will come to visit."

Edgar Allan Poe was taken aback: "Huh?!"

Edogawa Ranpo continued to explain: "That's why he made an appointment with the people from Su Nankai today."

Edgar Allan Poe was dizzy: "Su Nan will?"

Edogawa Ranpo sighed again: "If I really followed up, it would be just asking for trouble."

Allan Poe recalled the information he had, and roughly guessed why Ranpo said: "They plan to go to the port mafia to solve the matter at the dock?"

Edogawa Ranpo had a sad face: "Yeah... the relationship between the armed detective agency and the port mafia is not very good, I don't really want to feed tigers with meat."

Poe finally straightened out the invisible contest between the two, and he couldn't help sighing: "It's really a terrible scheming... In order for us not to explore too much, we have prepared such a troublesome backhand."

Edogawa Ranpo nodded in agreement: "It's as annoying as Dazai. Edgar, it's great that you are not the kind of guy who takes one step and thinks about ten steps."

He was obviously praised by his friends, but for some reason, hearing Edogawa Ranpo's exclamation, Edgar Allan Poe felt a slight sadness in his heart.

——He didn't say that he was an idiot. To some extent, Ranpo-kun's communication skills have improved.

**

Aoki Araya went out of the gate, and after saying goodbye to Edogawa Ranpo, he heard a greeting from his side: "It seems that Mr. Poe has been doing well recently."

He turned his eyes and smiled slightly at the person: "Mr. Chilin, I haven't seen you for two months, and your energy is still very good."

Chi Lin Haiyue smiled wryly: "Where. It's just a small pier that can be delayed for so long. After I returned to Ikebukuro, I was severely scolded by the old man."

Aoki Araya was noncommittal.

——It's not just a pier problem.

In the past two months, he used the materials of "Assembly" to urgently learn about the power relations in Yokohama.

It has to be said that among the Port Mafia, the Armed Detective Agency, and the Supernatural Secret Service, the triangular structure of mutual checks and balances is the strongest and the weakest.

This is a system that is almost impossible to defeat from within, but as long as there is a strong enough external attack, it can instantly collapse Yokohama.

Of course, the premise is that it is strong enough, so strong that these three organizations can't fight against it together.

Of course, the Su Nan Club has not reached such a point, but the tradition of standing on three legs makes the port mafia always sensitive and repulsive to foreign forces.

In their view, Su Nan's intention to take down the pier is a signal of intention to get involved in Yokohama's local forces-in fact, it is indeed the case.

In other words, in Su Nanhui's view, the "Writer Association" that received the "support" from the "Assembly" is also a foreign force. For now, the interests and goals of the two organizations are similar.

Of course, if [Dazai Osamu] was here, he would definitely form an alliance with Su Nanhui first, and after taking over the dock from the port mafia, he would entangle with Su Nanhui about the share of it.

But the situation of [Edge Allan Poe] is somewhat special.

This particularity was artificially created by Araya Aoki, and has something to do with the internal "settings" of the "Bungo Association".

And Aoki Araya has always adhered to the concept of "playing a role must be played to the extreme", of course it is impossible to be merciful when doing things just because he still has a vest named [Dazai Osamu].

Although from his point of view, this kind of thing is just a fight between his left hand and right hand, which is really a bit funny; but in order to convince outsiders that the "Bungo Association" is such a special organization, a certain degree of conflict is still necessary.

Thinking of this, Aoki Araya made a helpless expression to Chibayashi Haiyue: "Sorry, I've been really busy these two months..."

Chi Lin Haiyue immediately got his unfinished words: "It's okay, it's okay to settle down and deal with the dock affairs seriously."

The two looked at each other and showed friendly smiles at the same time.

Chi Lin Haiyue thinks this way: With the support of the "Writer Association", in a two-to-one situation, the focus is no longer on the dock, but on the profit sharing of the dock.

[Ellen Poe] sneered in his heart: stupid.It was just a slight hint, but he trusted a stranger casually without a contract.Su Nanhui really sent a simple-minded military force over.

As for Araya Aoki... he is still thinking about what to do next to achieve the best performance effect.

The brain circuits of several people are not on the same channel at all, but in order to achieve their goals, they all go to the port mafia.

Halfway through, Chi Lin Haiyue sighed in order to ease the atmosphere: "Mr. Edgar Allan Poe really chose a good location for the organization's base."

[Ellen Poe] slowly revealed a smile, and replied very reluctantly: "... I accept your good words."

——As long as Fitzgerald really wants to do it, then he is definitely an excellent collaborator.However, this does not mean how good he is, but that his subordinates should not be underestimated.

When he discovered that the land bought by Fitzgerald could just form an equilateral triangle with the port mafia and the armed detective agency, even Araya Aoki was surprised by his indescribable operation:

Aoki Araya swears that he never thought of becoming the fourth largest organization in Yokohama.

But the geographical location of the "British Association" is different. Fitzgerald's subordinates seem to have misunderstood the positioning of the "British Association".

As a result, all forces in Yokohama, large and small, agreed that the "Association of Literary Heroes", which appeared suddenly and borrowed the momentum of the "combination", had a very big plan.

After two months passed, Aoki Araya had given up on explaining this misunderstanding, and self-destructively revised the original goal:

An organization without ambition cannot succeed!For a more ambitious goal, sacrifices in the early stage are inevitable!

After chanting the slogan for so long, Aoki Araya almost really thought that he wanted to punch the port mafia, kick the armed detective agency, and even try to have an earth-shattering head-to-head with the Supernatural Secret Service Division.

In the silence, Chi Lin Haiyue also realized that she seemed to have said something wrong.

Although he didn't quite understand what he was doing wrong, he still closed his mouth knowingly, and walked silently with [Ellen Poe] to the gate of the Port Mafia.

Zhong Yuan was standing at the door waiting for them.

He was keenly aware of the subtle awkward atmosphere between [Ellen Poe] and Chi Lin Haiyue, and couldn't help feeling a little funny:

"Your "Writer Association" really doesn't have a good relationship with any organization."

Before he finished speaking, he saw the blue-haired man opposite him raise his head, and glared at himself with the eyes of a heartless man.

【Ellen Poe】Looking at this young man with Chufa, he complained half-truthfully and seven-partly: "Yes. It turned out to be like this. Who is to blame?"

Nakahara Chuya: ...?

——What do you mean by that?Can you still blame me for the good things you organize yourself to do?