After I divorced from chaos step

It was purely accidental that Edogawa Ranpo heard the name Genkiyoshi for the second time.

I heard it from a friend invited by the Armed Detective Agency on an autumn evening.

That friend was once forced to become a member of the Mouse of the Dead House, and later helped the detective agency to escape from there smoothly.

He was invited to the celebration banquet of the Armed Detective Agency—successfully completed the plan to capture the five evils of heaven and man, and all members survived.

Unlike Edgar Allan Poe, who is shy and ultimately socially phobic, Koguri Sotaro is easy-going, cheerful, and very talkative.

"This matter has come to an end, those Russians are really difficult to deal with. But speaking of it, there is actually a female member in the dead room." After three glasses of wine, Koguri Koutaro faced the sea, and the sea breeze was blowing on the cruise ship , recalling that female member, the expression on her face became extremely soft. "...is a pretty nice girl."

Or maybe it was the reason why the setting sun was shining on his face.

Edogawa next to him was eating the cake in a big mouthful, and the golden-red afterglow of the setting sun made his appetite even stronger, but he was not very interested in what Oguri Chutaro said.

Even thought he was a little noisy.

The detective's chat topics are no different from solving puzzles and solving puzzles, and rarely involve content that has nothing to do with these two topics, not to mention that Edogawa Ranpo has not yet enlightened, and has never been interested in women.

"It's the girl who has been by Fyodor's side for ten years." Koguri Chutaro drank the wine in his glass, "Before he acted, he planned to leave her in one of Edgar Allan Poe's books, I don't know how she is doing now."

Edogawa Ranpo raised his face from the cake, and complained unceremoniously: "Then she is definitely an idiot."

Koguri Chongtaro seemed to have thought of something, startled for a moment, then laughed softly: "Indeed."

Edogawa tilted his head and looked at him for a moment, then said in a very sure tone: "You like her."

"Yeah." Koguri Chongtaro, who was slightly drunk after drinking, did not hide his emotions, and lowered his eyelashes gently, "If you like it, you like it, but I'm afraid there is no chance."

"Are you afraid too?"

"Forget it if the devil Fyodor values ​​it." Koguri Kotaro put down his wine glass, brushing the rim with his fingertips, "I don't want to be missed by him...it's a pity."

What a pity?

Edogawa smacked his lips in disorder.

"Don't think too much, people probably don't care about you."

Koguri Fusutaro gave him an annoyed look and snatched a piece of cake from his plate.

"What are you doing! Give it back to me!"

Edogawa rushed to snatch it in a hurry, but the other party swallowed the cake in one gulp.

"You are annoying!"

He somewhat regretted inviting Koguri Chongtaro over, at least Edgar Allan Poe would not compete with him for the cake.

Staring at the sunset, Xiaoguri Chongtaro suddenly sounded a little sad, probably because there was too much saliva in his throat: "... Yuan Qingxi, Yuan Jiang, you and I are destined to have no fate."

...Definitely drunk and delusional.Edogawa Ranpo thought so.But he himself was stunned when he heard the name.

Source Qingxi.

Among the people he knew, there was also a girl with this name.

It's been a long time.

He raised his glass and took a sip of the drink, his mouth filled with the sweet taste of fruit.

"What kind of person is he?" Edogawa Ranpo asked, "Your Miss Qingxi."

Koguri Shutaro slowly raised his eyelids, his black and white eyes stared straight at him.

"interested?"

Edogawa Ranpo smiled: "According to common sense, people who can serve the rats of the dead house are generally not kind. But since you praise her so much, then you have to say something else."

"A famous detective is indeed a famous detective."

"Fyodor is good at calculating, so he may not like his subordinates who are too calculating, that's hard to handle. Especially Miss Qingxi, who can be kept by his side for ten years, is taking a long-term development path... I guess she is a A person with strong abilities but a simple mind."

Koguri Chotaro raised his eyebrows: "Why don't you think he is a person with a strong mind who will help Fyodor loyally?"

Edogawa shook his head randomly: "If that's the case, you won't miss her forever."

Koguri Chongtaro smiled: "That's right, except for those lunatics, no one can stand the plan of the five declines of heaven and man. Yuanjiang is a very special existence, but I can't tell you about her supernatural power. At first, I only thought about it because of her and Feio. She is interested in Dole's way of getting along with her."

"and after?"

"I never had a chance to see her again after that." Koguri Kotaro curled his lips, "He would be more willing to arrange for her to cooperate with Pushkin, that dead fat nerd."

Thinking of this, Koguri Chongtaro was very angry, but he also had to feel that Dostoevsky was very cunning. He always put Pushkin, who was the ugliest and liked American blonde big girls, and Yuan Qingke together. , Of course, they can't have a good impression of each other.

"It's normal, at least you can see better than Mr. Pushkin." Edogawa Ranpo speculated, "Fyodor probably has already emptied Miss Qingxi's interpersonal relationship chain."

The detective agency has dealt with Tosi, and Edogawa Rampo has a little understanding of his style of doing things.Leaving aside his identity, Tuo Si was just a young man in his 20s, and he had brought that girl by his side for ten years. If we push forward, he probably met her when he was fourteen or fifteen years old.

Since the other party did not agree with his ideal, he must have used other means to keep her.In the early stage, it was probably weaving one lie after another, but in the later stage, it might be a threat.

A girl who has been lost in the house of the dead for ten years?

Edogawa Ranpo suddenly remembered what Oguri Fusutaro said just now, and asked, "You just said that Fyodor locked her in Po-kun's book, what kind of book is that? A mystery novel?"

Koguri Chongtaro didn't want to say more, he was drunk and sleepy, so he yawned leisurely and lay down on the guardrail of the cruise ship.

"When did I say it was a mystery novel?"

"Oh?" Edogawa shook the little drink left in his cup, "That would be more interesting."

Behind him, Koguri Chongtaro had already fallen into a deep sleep. He looked up at the sunset, and the gorgeous rays of light seemed to suck people in.

He thought of a girl in his vision gradually swallowed by the golden red.

... That girl is also called Yuan Qingxi.

Looking back on his childhood, Edogawa Ranpo commented that he was very happy.His parents have always protected him, and his uncle loves him very much. It is a carefree life.If there was any shadow left in his childhood, it was definitely related to Yuan Qingxi.

But she is not a shadow.

It was a beam of light that briefly shone towards him when the shadows almost trapped him.

……

Edogawa Ranpo met Genkiyoshi on a mountain.

He was less than 11 years old that year, but he was as lazy as he is now.Father works in the police station and has no time to spend the summer vacation with him. He clamors to go up the mountain with his uncle's wise expedition team to dig for treasure.I promised to climb the mountain by myself before, but I was too lazy to move when I got to the middle of the mountain, and I had to be carried on the ground.

His mother, Wen Dai, refused to carry him, and was so angry that he wanted to beat him. It was the gentle uncle who carried him, but the uncle also joked: "What will happen when Luanbu grows up? You will carry girls in the future."

He was not happy when he heard it: "I won't recite it!"

The uncle continued to tease him: "Then don't you want to marry a wife? Are you single like uncle?"

He didn't quite understand the meaning of being a bachelor, but he knew that it was not a good word, so he thought about it and said, "Marry, if you marry, you can climb mountains with me. I like the scenery on the mountains, but I don't like climbing mountains."

"You brat, how dare you say such a thing!" The mother was already very angry when she heard that, "A man doesn't stand in front of a girl, and even asks her to carry you on her back!"

The good-natured uncle said patiently: "Random steps, a girl is weak, so she shouldn't be able to carry you on her back."

"I can marry someone who is strong." He used his brains and said nonsense, "Or marry a few more and give me a lift."

"Stop talking nonsense! Bigamy is against the law! You call Edogawa Ranpo, not Edogawa talking nonsense!" His mother finally couldn't take it anymore and gave him a chestnut. Still angry.

When he gets angry, he likes to eat more.With a backpack full of snacks, he doesn't want to share any of them with the people around him.

...in fact, there is no one to share.

He had no friends back then.Because his personality is too straightforward, he says what he sees, which not only offends many adults, but even children don't like to play with him.

But that's okay, he doesn't care.He has snacks to eat, he has games to play, he has comics to read, and he has his parents and uncle by his side.

But if he can have a friend, he will probably be happier... and he will be willing to share the snacks with that person.

So, what kind of friend do you want?

Sitting alone on the big rock, he fantasized about his friends, listened to his uncle, did nothing to help him, didn't bother to move his nest, and kept eating snacks.

Let's ask for a girl. Girls can make snacks, but girls are too weak to carry him.Let’s ask for boys, but boys rarely know how to make snacks, and most of them will drag him to play football together. He doesn’t want to exercise.

Just as he was thinking, he saw a bunch of black dull hair appearing in his line of sight.

...is moving.

That pinch of hair is moving.

He moved his hips and moved closer so that he could see more clearly, and suddenly a head protruded from under the cliff.

hairy.

It looks soft.

"I finally climbed up! Next time is Mount Everest!"

The furry head raised her face, revealing a delicate little face, it was a beautiful girl.

"Today's mountain is very high, it's a bit difficult to climb, but it's still a piece of cake for me." The girl climbed up lightly, and behind her was a straight cliff.

Edogawa Ranpo didn't know how she climbed up, but seeing that her clothes were dirty and her arms were torn, she couldn't help frowning.

He doesn't like people who are not neatly dressed.

"Someone is here." The girl smiled at him, and introduced herself familiarly, "Hello."

He frowned deeper: "I'm not good."

The girl was taken aback, probably never seen such an unfriendly freak like him, but she was not angry, and patted him on the shoulder: "Talk to me, you will be fine."

He stood up and rolled his eyes at her unceremoniously: "Who do you think you are? Don't talk to yourself here. "

"My name is Yuan Qingxi, I am nine years old today." She compared her height to him, "I am taller than you."

Boys have a natural competitive spirit, and they are unwilling to lose to others in any place.He is also included.

But he seemed to be just a little shorter than her.

It's actually not that much shorter.He didn't care about it.He just couldn't understand her smug look.

He immediately stood on the stone next to him: "In this way, I will be taller than you."

She pursed her lips and jumped onto the rock: "If you cheat, I will too."

After comparing, she is still taller than him.

It's annoying, there's no comparison at all.

He sat down bored and began to eat snacks, ignoring her.

"What's your name?" Yuan Qingxi asked him.

His mouth was stuffed, and he didn't want to talk to her at all.

"Don't tell you."

He thought she would leave tactfully, but he didn't expect that she would reach out and scratch his creaking hole.Naturally ticklish, he choked on potato chips while struggling frantically, and coughed desperately.

"I'm sorry!" Seeing this, she hurriedly apologized, and patted his back to comfort him.

After finishing his breath, he said very unhappy, "Go away!"

Her hand froze in mid-air, and it took a long time before it slowly fell down.But he didn't go away either.

With lowered eyes, he looked aggrieved.

For the first time, 11-year-old Edogawa Ranpo had alarm bells in his heart. It's not good. If his mother saw this scene, he would definitely criticize him severely.

"Stinky boy, how are you talking to girls?"

--really.

He watched helplessly as his mother, who was particularly partial to girls because she failed to give birth to a daughter, snatched a pack of meatball noodles from his backpack and handed it to Yuan Qingxi.

He hates Yuan Qingxi even more!

The hatred of taking food is irreconcilable.

His mother liked Yuan Qingxi very much, not only because she was cute, but also because she always had a smile on her face when she saw people, and she sweetly called her "Hi beautiful auntie".

I knew it would be easy to talk about!Edogawa Ranpo's first impression of Genkiyoshi was almost the worst.

But his mother wanted Yuan Qingxi to make friends with him.

Who is she going to make friends with?He doesn't want this kind of friend!She must have no friends either!

"Willing." - As expected, he leaned towards him because he had no friends.

hum.

If you don't play with her, you will be anxious to death.

"Today Yukimura went to Tokyo for a game, no one played with me, I'm so bored."

His little face fell down.

"Yukimura, who is it?" He finally asked.

"He's the most handsome, cutest and smartest boy in Japan." She was as proud as a chicken that had won a battle. "He will marry me in the future."

Marriage was what his uncle had told him before, and it was a very serious matter.

"He really has such good words, why did he marry you?" When he speaks poisonously, he is merciless.

Yuan Qingxi was not annoyed, and continued to scratch him. She was so strong that he was shocked to find that he was easily pushed down by her.

Then there was another scratching and creaking, which made him finally let go: "Okay, okay, you marry him!" No wonder!

He thought angrily, she would never be able to marry Yukimura for the rest of her life.

"I will definitely marry Yukimura!" She smiled and took out half a piece of birthday cake from the bag, "Would you like to eat it?"

He frowned.

The cake was lumpy and the cream was gooey, but it smelled delicious.

It's a strawberry flavor that turns sweet even when the wind blows.

He was a bit greedy, and he was afraid that she would regret it, thinking that she would regret it after eating, so he only left her an empty box, so that she could be so angry that she screamed, wonderful.

So he gobbled it up, almost choked again, and asked her to pat him on the back again.

"You are so greedy, I will eat all my birthday cakes for you in the future." She began to sigh and promise indiscriminately.

But he calculated an account in his heart, assuming she lived to be a hundred years old, then she would eat cakes for him about ninety times.

Ninety times!

This wave is not bad!

"Then you have to keep your word!"

The uncle's colleague who had been watching the theater next to him teased them: "Hey, are you two privately engaged for life?"

"Freeze said."

He was extremely annoyed, but saw the little girl's face was blank.

... Could this idiot not understand in another way?

"Miss, don't you want to marry the most handsome, cutest and smartest boy in Japan?" The man became interested and continued to tease her. They all had a good impression of this energetic girl who climbed up from the mountain.

At least it's not like a certain squeamish Luanbu "eldest young master" who needs someone to carry it on his back.

"Yeah." Minamoto Kiyoshi didn't know how to be shy at all. She decided that she would marry her childhood sweetheart Yukimura Seiichi in the future, and even Yukimura would persuade her: "The marriage should be discussed after at least 20 years. We should study hard now." and tennis."But she was unmoved.

"Then why don't you give this guy a chance? He's a potential stock." The man pointed to Edogawa Ranpo, "Don't look at him like this, he's very smart."

"No!" Minamoto Kiyoshi and Edogawa Ranpo said in unison, and then they were very annoyed at each other's behavior.The two looked at each other, and the expression in their eyes was clearly a question of "why don't you want it".

Yuan Qingxi struck first: "He's too short, not as tall as me, I don't want it!"

Edogawa Ranbu looked at her, trying to find faults in her, but felt that her fierceness was comparable to that of his own mother.

"I don't want her either! She's as fierce as my mother."

Then he was beaten.

Clutching his beaten head, he sat on his big rock and sulked. It was originally his own rock, but this time another person was crowded.

He really hates Yuan Qingxi!

But Yuan Qingxi, as if by magic, took out candy from his pocket and gave it to him: "The candy that Yukimura brought to me when he went abroad can taste many flavors. Try it."

For food, he never refuses anyone who comes.

But this does not prevent him from hating Yuan Qingxi.

"Oh." He took the candy from her hand, stuffed the others into his pocket, leaving only one piece, peeled off the candy wrapper, and put the orange candy into his mouth.

The sweet taste immediately swept all his taste buds.

A small candy, in his mouth, successively evolved into strawberry, mango, orange, passion fruit...

His heart trembled slightly, it was amazing, as if he had eaten a whole fruit paradise.

"It's delicious." Yuan Qingxi looked at him with a smile, "I'll ask for it for you later."

"Hmph." He reluctantly agreed.

"Your family is joking with us. I like smart, handsome and upright people. It's impossible for us."

Edogawa Ranpo really wanted to take pictures of her, although he wouldn't be with her, but she actually said that about him!

Smart—isn't he smart?He is number one in the school!

Handsome—isn't he handsome?He felt that he couldn't be more handsome!

Integrity—where is he not upright?His father is a policeman!

Obviously her ideal object is herself, but she still dares to talk nonsense in front of her, Edogawa refuses to accept it!

But Yuan Qingxi delivered the most fatal blow.

——"You are not as tall as me."

Height is flawed.

He was like a deflated ball, unable to make any sound except humming.

Yuan Qingxi started to give him advice: "You need to exercise. Playing tennis will make you tall, and Yukimura is half a head taller than me."

"I hate sports."

Yuan Qingxi was very surprised: "How old are you, just the right age to climb trees and go down the river, why do you look like an old man? Here, you are still wearing an old man's hat."

She took off his hat and ran away far away.

Edogawa Ranpo especially likes that hat, and even if he doesn't want to exercise, he has to chase it.

"You robber, give it back to me!"

Wen Dai and Zhizhi watched the two chasing away, but they just smiled at each other—the lazy guy finally got off the rock.

Genkiyoshi loves sports and often runs with Yukimura and Sanada, so the speed is not something that Edogawa Ranpo, who rarely exercises, can keep up with.

"Bandit, stop! Give me back my hat! I'll let my father catch you! My father is a policeman!"

"Come on, come on, I'm so scared, is the prison food good? I really want to go and eat."

She wore his hat and ran all the way down the hill. When she turned her head to see if he had caught up, she found that there was no one behind her.

Yuan Qingxi was a little panicked, and hurried back to look for it.

She is familiar with Yueying Mountain, but the journey to Yueying Mountain today is a bit long.

"Little guy—"

"Little guy—"

"Squinting little guy—"

"Stop shouting, I am not squinting, I will grow taller." Someone protested to her in the grass.

She ran over, and sure enough, she saw Ranpo Edogawa sitting on the ground pouted.

One of his shoes was missing, his white socks were scratched on the ground, and his feet were a little torn.

"It hurts to death, it's all your fault!"

Yuan Qingxi touched his little feet, and said, "Poor little."

Edogawa waved his small fists in protest: "Who are you calling poor?"

Yuan Qingxi squatted beside him: "Come up."

"This—" Edogawa Ranpo hesitated a bit.

Although he is lazy, he has never let a girl younger than him recite it.

It's a bit outrageous.

"Little man, hurry up."

The little conscience he had just raised was instantly wiped out in this little man's voice.

Also called him little guy.

Damn, crush her to death! ! !

Yuan Qingxi carried him on his back, hooked his legs and said, "Hold me tight, I don't care if I fall."

He continued to threaten: "If you fall, my father will catch you and go to jail."

"I'm so scared, is your father really a policeman?"

"Yeah, it's amazing. I will probably be a policeman in the future."

"Although the police are powerful, I like heroes more." She scratched Edogawa Ranpo's leg, "I'm a little obsessed with All Might recently, I'm hesitating, although he is not as good-looking as Yukimura, but he is really Super powerful, knocking back the enemy with one punch, have you watched TV, have you watched it!!"

She suddenly jumped up excitedly, startling him too, and almost fell off her back, but he immediately entangled her hands and feet.

"Don't jump up suddenly, walk well. It's hard to sit."

"I'm sorry. I just think All Might's sentence 'I'm fine, why do I need to ask? Because I'm here!' is super hot. It's really super hot!!! Ahhhhhhh I'm dead! I'll live for the rest of my life , I also want to say it once!"

Edogawa Ranpo immediately poured cold water on her: "Give up, it's impossible, no one will ask you to save her."

"Don't say that, am I not saving you now?"

"Stupid, you are atonement!"

Yuan Qingxi smiled instead of anger, stretched out a hand to the back, and touched Edogawa Ranpo's cheek.

"What are you doing!"

"I think you're kind of cute."

Edogawa Ranpo corrected: "I'm not a little cute, I'm very cute." But then he realized that he was praised by the opposite sex, and he felt weird.

Yuan Qingxi said again: "There is one thing about you that is better than Yukimura."

"What?" Edogawa Ranbuxin said that he was better than him in everything, but he was just curious and wanted to know what she was talking about.

"Yukimura won't let me pinch his face."

"I don't want it either! You sneaked up on yourself!"

The two returned to the top of the mountain in a noisy way, Yuan Qingxi put him down when there was still a little distance left, and then handed him his hand: "Help me."

"What are you doing?"

"Listen to me." She didn't care about him at all, and took his hand, "Let your mother see it, and she won't scold you."

Edogawa Ranpo snorted again: "Fake it." But he obediently passed his hand over.

He didn't want to be beaten on the head by his mother anymore.

Wen Dai saw that the two of them came back after a long time, and when he saw that Edogawa Ranpo's shoes were gone, his expression darkened, but when he saw him holding Yuan Qingxi by his hand, his expression softened a lot.

Yuan Qingxi smiled and said, "Auntie, I fell just now, and he helped me up, but I lost one of my shoes."

Wen Dai also smiled and said, "As long as you are free."

"Thank you auntie, I'm very happy today, I'm going home. Little man, don't you still tell me my name?"

Edogawa Ranpo didn't even look at her: "I won't tell you."

"It's not fair." Yuan Qingxi shrugged his shoulders, showing no regrets on his face.

"It's not fair, the fierce Genkiyoshi!" Edogawa Ranbu took out a bottle of wave soda from his bag, saw that it was his favorite orange flavor, gritted his teeth, and handed it to her generously, " I just heard that it was your birthday, so I wish you a happy birthday, fierce Yuan Qingxi!"

Yuan Qingxi took the soda and touched his nose: "Where am I so fierce?"

"Still refusing to tell her your name?" Wen Dai asked him.

He shook his head: "I have to wait until I grow taller than her, and then let her regret what she said."

He looked at the direction Yuan Qingxi left for a long time.

Until Zhizhi came over and patted him on the shoulder: "Fascinated by the little girl?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Edogawa Ranpo frowned, and ran to see the box dug out by the expedition team.

All adults didn't notice the strangeness of the box, but he noticed it keenly.

The box is gold with a line of small print on it.

【Pandora'sbox】

The golden box suddenly seemed to suck his hand, making him unable to break free. Just as he was about to call for help, the box bounced open.

"Uncle! Mom!"

He sat heavily on the ground, holding the box at a loss.

Several golden lights flew out of the box, floating in the air, dazzling.

The expedition members who ran over were feeling emotional, Zhizhi suddenly shouted: "Stop the chaotic pace! Retreat!"

"team leader--"

There was no time to retreat at all.

The young Edogawa Ranbo watched dozens of expedition team members being bitten off by the golden light in front of him.

"The ability is looking for its host, we will all die!"

Screams and wailing sounds joined together.

There was blood all over his face.

Edogawa watched Akechi rushing towards him in dismay, then closed the box in his hand with all his might.

But the golden light couldn't be taken back.

"Random steps, live on."

After saying this, Akechi fell to the ground.

A golden light has passed through his back and pierced into his heart.

"Random!"

Edogawa Ranpo heard someone calling him, it was his mother's voice, he looked towards the source of the voice, and saw Wendai trying to run over here.

The golden light concentrated on his side.

"Mom, don't come here!"

——Don't come here!

—We're all going to die!

Edogawa Ranpo closed his eyes, but then he heard a loud voice.

"Small man!"

is her!

He opened his eyes and saw her rushing towards him like flying, and threw herself on him.

Several golden lights fell, all falling on her body.They rolled all the way and rolled to the edge of the cliff.

She bit her lip with difficulty, and shook out a sentence to him: "It's...it's okay, I want to ask the reason...the reason, come!"

All Might's line, she said it, and she got a little excited.She touched his cheek one last time, gave him a big smile, and fell off the cliff.

She came from the cliff, and finally went to the cliff.

But Edogawa Ranpo knew that she would not die, and she absolutely must not die.

Because he hasn't grown taller than her yet, and hasn't told her his name yet.