Wenhao is my vest

[Edogawa Ranpo]'s speech was earth-shattering, especially coupled with his confident expression, Kunikida Doppo began to doubt whether he said something wrong.

The child still folded his hands, tilted his head and stared straight at Kunikida: "Why, do you have any opinions?"

Kunikida Doppo shook his head: "No," since he is from the port mafia, he doesn't have the position to say anything, "I was just thinking, you and your guardian are quite similar."

[Edogawa Ranpo] snorted coldly: "Even if you say this, I won't be happy. Mr. is Mr., I am me, and our 'self' are completely different. If you want to pursue, even To replace the twisted feelings of the other party, only..." That idiot Dazai would have it.

He glanced at the smiling black-haired man sitting across from him, and swallowed the remaining words in his mouth.

Aoki Araya was thinking about whether to expose the fact that [Edogawa Ranpo] was also a member of the "Bungo Association".

From the perspective of the deterrence of force value, there is actually no problem if it is exposed.

But this world is not determined by force.

For example, if the Suzuki Foundation knows that [Edogawa Ranpo] belongs to the "Bungo Association", what if the other party comes to Aoki Araya to pay for diamonds?

Compensation? ——Wouldn't that lower the common level of the Phantom Thief with Twenty Faces and the "British Association"?

No compensation? ——Then doesn't this make the "British Association" completely a bandit organization?

What Aoki Araya wants is to make the "Bungo Association" have a detached and neutral position, rather than make it an unreasonable bandit group.

He was still thinking, but Kunikida Doppo had already answered his words: "You admire your guardian, and your guardian admires this incomprehensible guy beside me..."

Osamu Dazai covered his face, as if he was very shy: "Oh! Kunikida-kun, don't tell such things so clearly!"

Although Osamu Dazai seemed to be in high spirits, unfortunately, 【Edogawa Ranpo】had lost interest in this guardian joke.

He said bluntly: "My guardian is not Ryunosuke Akutagawa."

Kunikida Doppo watched the TV program where he was still deducing who the father of "Phantom Thief with Twenty Faces" was: "..."

Seeing Kunikida's appearance, [Edogawa Ranpo] thought for a while, and added another sentence: "It's neither Akutagawa Ryunosuke from Port Mafia, nor Akutagawa Ryunosuke from "Bungo Society". It's better to say , these two people seem to me to be annoying from different aspects."

Osamu Dazai said "Oh?", and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Are you a member of the "Bungo Association"?"

【Edogawa Ranpo】Very vigilant: "Why? If you dare to do anything to me, I will sue Alaya and let him come over and kill you."

While speaking, he even made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Aoki Araya: "..."

no.Why are you suing me.

——And even if you sue me, I won't be able to kill Dazai Osamu.

Osamu Dazai patted the table aggressively: "You know? It's because of the good deeds that you "Bungo Association" have done. Recently, my monthly salary has been lowered, and now I can hardly afford canned crab meat!"

Kunikida Doppo complained beside him: "Dazai, don't you just go into the water every time the salary is paid, and after the wallet is flushed, you go around crying and complaining that you don't have a penny left?"

Osamu Dazai was dissatisfied: "Kunikida-kun, your strengths and weaknesses are that you are too honest!"

[Edogawa Ranpo] paused, and looked at Osamu Dazai with mentally handicapped eyes: "Do you think I am a member of the "Bungo Association"?"

Osamu Dazai: "...do you have this attitude towards everyone?"

It's too uncute, how does his guardian usually teach this child.

"Besides," he tapped the table with his index finger, "You are not a member of the 'Bungo Society', what else could it be? Aoki Araya, the leader of the 'Bungo Society'?"

Aoki Araya: ...There is nothing wrong with this statement to some extent.

[Edogawa Ranpo] Raise your legs and put your hands behind your head: "In short, it is impossible for the "Bungo Association" to accept members as young as me."

Kunikida Doppo understood what he meant: "Your recruitment criteria are more similar to our armed detective agency than Port Mafia?"

Osamu Dazai shrugged his shoulders, expressing his distrustful attitude: "Kunikida-kun, why do you believe what the other party says? Have you forgotten that 'Ellen Poe'? He didn't say a few words of truth. talk."

[Edogawa Ranpo] took the gem out of his pocket, and threw it casually: "My guardian is the 'Edgar Allan Poe' you mentioned."

He propped his chin, raised his head and looked over: "So Dazai-kun, if you say one more unpleasant word, I will pull out your tongue."

Osamu Dazai swore that he really didn't touch the lightning point on purpose this time.

Kunikida Doppo turned pale with shock: "It's not in the private room now, you put the gem... no, wait, who do you think is your guardian?"

There are too many points to focus on, and Kunikida's head has begun to become confused.

【Edogawa Ranpo】I didn't answer Kunikida Doppo's question, but looked at Dazai Osamu: "Do you want this gem? I don't need it anyway, should I give it to you?"

Kunikida Doppo hastily stopped him: "Wait...let's talk about the guardian first!"

Osamu Dazai smiled happily.

He flattered his face and said: "Oh, Mr. Phantom Thief whose real name is unknown, even among all the people I have met since I was born, you are the most generous and generous one!"

Kunikida Doppo was about to faint: "Dazai, why did you really agree?!"

So, the blond man watched [Edogawa Ranpo] casually throw the priceless treasure "Heart of the Ocean" into Dazai Osamu's hands.

On the other side, Osamu Dazai even had a special effect of flowers behind his back.

Kunikida Doppo: "...???"

[Edogawa Ranpo] waved his hands and asked, "Where is the Edgar Allan Poe of this world now?"

Osamu Dazai sold out his colleague without hesitation, and immediately replied: "Today, Mr. Ranpo said that he would go to the zoo in Yokohama with his friend, that Edgar Allan Poe."

Kunikida Doppo slapped Osamu Dazai on the head: "What are you talking to people whose friends and enemies are unknown!"

Osamu Dazai leaned back to avoid Kunikida Doppo's attack, and quickly changed the subject: "Kunikida-kun, Kunikida-kun, don't you wonder about the connection between this phantom thief with twenty faces and the "Bungo Association"?"

He rolled his eyes: "I'm looking for information from the side!"

As expected, Kunikida Doppo was immediately distracted.

So, after giving him a hard look, Kunikida turned his gaze back to 【Edogawa Ranpo】.

The boy blinked his pink eyes, and finally introduced himself to them: "My name is Edogawa Ranpo."

Kunikida Doppo: "...what?"

With a snap, the notebook in his hand fell to the ground.

[Edogawa Ranpo] did not pay attention to him, but looked at him sideways, and smiled: "Dazai-kun didn't respond at all."

Osamu Dazai replied calmly: "Ah. I probably guessed it."

After all, he has experienced the completely opposite relationship between [Akutagawa Ryunosuke] and [Dazai Osamu] several times.

Therefore, when [Edogawa Ranpo] said that his guardian was [Ellen Poe], he already had some speculations in his heart.

Now that the relationship between myself and Ryunosuke Akutagawa has been switched, is it possible that the "blind follower" mentioned by [Osamu Dazai] is [Ranpo Edogawa]?

However, looking at it from another perspective, since he admitted that [Ellen Poe] is the guardian of [Edogawa Ranpo], it means——

Osamu Dazai raised an eyebrow: "Are you the son of Edgar Allan Poe?"

Kunikida Doppo choked on the saliva and coughed violently.

After his brain digested this sentence, the degree of shock he felt was even more exaggerated than when he knew that "Phantom Thief with Twenty Faces" was the son of Akutagawa Ryunosuke.

[Edogawa Ranpo] was stunned for a moment: "Ah? No. Have you met Mr.? He obviously has a European and American appearance."

He pointed to his own face: "I am a pure-blooded Japanese now, and it is impossible for me to have any blood relationship with Mr."

Osamu Dazai still refused to let go of this opportunity to laugh at [Edogawa Ranpo]: "That means you are in the relationship of adoptive father and son?" He chuckled, "Ellen Poe is Edogawa Ranpo Ranpo's father, Edogawa Ranpo is the son of Poe—"

[Edogawa Ranpo] He is indifferent to provocations other than his own hot spots: "Theoretically, you can say that. If you want to think so, I won't stop you."

Osamu Dazai regretfully "cut".

"This reaction is not funny at all." He raised a hand and waved it towards the person, "How about it, have you found Mr. Ranpo's location?"

[Edogawa Ranpo] pondered: "Well... almost."

"However, do you really like calling the police?" He tilted his head. "I heard from my husband before that when you saw that 'devil' last time, you subconsciously dialed 110."

He hooked his fingers lightly, and Osamu Dazai lifted his hand hidden under the table uncontrollably.

[Edogawa Ranpo] took his hand and commented: "The ability is good."

Made him use more mana than expected.

The teenager glanced at the screen and found that the four characters "Dialing" were already displayed on it.

Therefore, [Edogawa Ranpo] ruthlessly pressed the hang up button before the other person answered the phone.

Kunikida Doppo: "...?"

Wait, what happened just now?It always feels like a lot of information just passed by so casually.

"Anyway, I have a part-time job as a phantom thief, and I'm not yet a member of the Bungo Association," [Edogawa Ranpo] turned the phone screen down and put it upside down on the table, "So if you have any questions, I suggest you don't It would be better to call the police, but to go directly to Mr.

"Otherwise," he raised his head and thought for a while, "the police can't control me, and the "Writer Association" hasn't restrained my position."

Osamu Dazai blinked and tilted his head: "I always feel that you are deliberately shifting the responsibility to Mr. Poe. Is it my illusion?"

"Of course not." [Edogawa Ranpo] replied bluntly, "If my things can annoy him—and it just happens not to reach the level of anger, I will be very happy here. So you can enjoy Use this to bother him."

Osamu Dazai replied: "Okay. However, we can't find any members of the "Bungo Society" now. And..."

[Ellen Poe] But [Akutagawa Ryunosuke] got his heart out, right?

Although he had guessed that this group of people might not be human beings, he didn't expect that he could survive without a heart.

Aoki Araya's answer also confirmed his guess: "It's okay. You will be able to see them again soon."

**

Ever since arriving at the zoo, Poe has never stopped in his footsteps.Even if he was out of breath, he had to take Karl to move forward.

And the culprit of all this is Edogawa Ranpo, who is energetic and keeps rushing forward.

When Edogawa Ranpo once again said "Mr. Po, let's go to the next venue!", Ellen Poe finally let go of the shame in his heart, and forced himself to say: "Mr. Ranpo , can we..." Take a break.

Before he could finish speaking, he watched Edogawa Ranbu take two steps with his back to him, and happened to bump into a man who was visiting the zoo.

——Eh, speaking of which, when exactly did this man appear in that position?

As a detective, Poe quickly realized that he had never noticed the man's aura until then.

Obviously, the other party was wearing a detective outfit that was as conspicuous as Edogawa Ranpo's, even more exaggerated, and had a standard European detective face.

After bumping into this man, Edogawa Ranpo obviously failed to stand still. He let out a "wow" and was about to fall towards the railing next to the glass.

Only then did the man in the detective suit turn around, and stretched out his hand very quickly, grabbing Edogawa Ranpo's arm: "Are you okay?"

Edogawa Ranpo took advantage of this strength and stood up, shaking his head: "It's okay."

"However," he tilted his head, staring straight at the middle-aged man with European and American looks in front of him, "When did you show up? Detective, I didn't notice your figure just now."

——Sure enough, Ranpo-kun also found out.

Poe deeply felt that he and Edogawa Ranpo were similar in ability, and also had a very good understanding, so he couldn't help feeling happy in his heart.

The European and American man replied in fluent Japanese: "No, I have been standing here just now."

"Hmph," Edogawa Ranbu snorted noncommittally, expressing that he was not interested in where the person in front of him was just now, "It doesn't matter, we're going to the next venue anyway."

He spread his hands, and while brushing past the man, he urged Poe: "Hurry up, Mr. Poe, or the zoo will be closed."

Holding the book in his arms, Poe hurriedly responded, and was about to take a step to catch up.

However, the stranger suddenly stretched out his arms and blocked his way.

Looking at the man in front of him who was as tall as a hill and about 1.9 meters tall, Poe couldn't help but took a step back: "What, what's wrong?"

The man opened his eyes wide and moved closer with a curious look on his face.

This childish expression didn't match his appearance at all.

Poe stepped back again.

The man also stepped forward, and now, the distance between the two is getting closer.

Edgar Allan Poe was about to cry because of this stranger: "Mr. Ranbu...help..." Help me.

He cast his gaze towards Edogawa Ranpo, but what he saw was a green-eyed young man with the words "watching a play" written all over his face.

Edgar Allan Poe felt grief and indignation in his heart, so he could only cry out in a wailing voice: "Mr. Ranbu...!"

The man stared at him for a long time before he said loudly: "Isn't this quite cute. It's not as boring as the gentleman said."

Edgar Allan Poe hastily raised the book to cover his face: "...Hey! Please, stay away from me right now!"

Wouldn't some enemy come to the door, right?Could it be that he is about to turn into a pool of blood-red flesh?

In addition to being frightened and shy, Edgar Allan Poe kept turning all kinds of absurd ideas in his heart.

The man finally retracted his head and moved a little away from him.

But Poe had no idea of ​​rejoicing.

Because although the other party has shortened the physical distance between the two, he is still trying to close his spiritual distance with superficially gentle words: "Do you have supernatural powers?"

With such a gentle tone of voice and such a direct content of words, in Poe's opinion, this man's behavior is really too terrifying.

Poe shuddered, and couldn't help but jumped back a few steps.

Under the puzzled and curious eyes of the tourists next to him, his lips trembled a few times, but he couldn't utter a single word.

— After all, who is this person? !

No matter what Edgar Allan Poe thought, he could only come to the conclusion that his old club had sent a killer over to try to silence him.

"Don't be nervous," the man clapped his hands reassuringly—although this action made Poe tremble even more, "shall we talk about your supernatural power?"

Edgar Allan Poe couldn't help but clenched the book in his hand.

The man chuckled: "Oh? It's related to books?"

—It cannot be blamed on Edgar Allan Poe.After all, he is introverted and shy, so although he is good at seeing through tricks, he is not good at dealing with them.

Just when he was so nervous that he was about to faint, a heavenly voice sounded in Edgar Allan Poe's ears:

"Is it okay? Isn't it a little too much for you to do this?"

Tears welled up in Edgar Allan Poe's eyes: "Mr. Ranbu...!"

Edogawa stepped forward a few steps in disorder, inserted into the position between the man and Poe, raised his head, and stared straight at the man: "Give me a good understanding of the basic etiquette, at this time You should introduce yourself first!"

Although Edogawa Ranpo never respected etiquette at all, Poe was still very moved: "Ranpo-kun...!"

Edogawa Ranpo couldn't help but pat him on the head: "Are you a 'Ranpo-kun' brand repeater?"

Edgar Allan Poe was still very moved: "Mr. Ranbu...!"

Edogawa Ranpo gave up.

He looked at the man staring at the two people on his side, and repeated arrogantly: "Introduce yourself!"

The man—[Edogawa Ranpo] After a while, he said the name slowly: "Yoshio Kobayashi."

Facing the doubtful eyes of the two, he added a very candid sentence: "I grew up in Japan since I was a child."

Edgar Allan Poe said: Can you have some snacks when you use a pseudonym?

Edogawa Ranpo said: I believe you have ghosts.

Edogawa Ranpo pondered for a while: "You said just now that you want to know what Po-kun's supernatural power is, right?"

[Edogawa Ranpo] happily received: "That's right! Can you show me? No problem! I'm very, very interested in everything about you Po-kun!"

Of course he knew that Ranpo Edogawa would agree to this matter, which meant that there must be pitfalls in Poe's ability.

but--

Sometimes it's nice to do something that you might regret.

【Edogawa Ranpo】It's true, I am very curious about Edgar Allan Poe.This emotion even goes far beyond the natural exploration of "another self".

Although [Edogawa Ranpo] has already adapted to the world, there are many reasons for it.

Edogawa Luanpo "hummed" and said with an unhappy face: "Mr. Po, show him the book in your hand."

【Edogawa Ranpo】Took the book from Edgar Allan Poe, roughly flipped through two pages, and exclaimed, "It turned out to be a real novel, written by 'Ellen Poe'!"

Edgar Allan Poe was puzzled.Could it be that this person is actually his book fan?

【Edogawa Ranpo】I even used this body to jump up and down twice, smiling brightly: "Although I don't know how the quality is, thank you in advance, Po-kun!"

Edgar Allan Poe whispered: "Can you not use such an intimate name..."

Edogawa stared at Luanbu: "That's right! Mr. Po is not your friend!"

【Edogawa Ranpo】I don't care what mood the two of them are in.After finishing what he wanted to say, he had already opened the book in front of these two people.

After a while, he said slowly: "Hmm...so that's the case..."

【Edogawa Ranpo】He raised his head and looked at Edgar Allan Poe who was standing opposite him.

However, what he saw was a man looking at him with suspicious eyes.

And Ranpo Edogawa with a thoughtful expression.

Poe's voice trembled: "Why didn't you enter the book?"

He was terrified: "Could it be that you are Osamu Dazai... number two?"

【Edogawa Ranpo】Closed the book with a snap, and said with a smile: "Although I am very happy to know Po-kun's supernatural power, you guessed it completely wrong!"

"And the narrative tricks in this book are still old-fashioned. If Miss Agatha saw it, she would definitely be able to guess who the murderer is within 3 minutes!"

He didn't care about the mood of the person opposite, and started to blatantly bully him on the spot: "From this point of view, I really can't compare to Mr. Although there is no one in this world who can compare to Mister."

[Edogawa Ranpo] shrugged: "...Well, although this situation is still a little disappointing."

"I haven't heard of a second case of the ability to eliminate sex."

Edogawa Ranpo said: "You guy, aren't you human?"

[Edogawa Ranpo] Nodding with a smile: "That's right! You guessed it right!"