Shibai's ability to recognize roads is quite good, which is probably related to his five years of idol life - after all, as an idol, every time he goes out during non-working hours, he has to be careful of enthusiastic fans.

Once you are noticed by one person, you will attract a group of people who were originally unrelated. Japan is a country that is quite cold to this kind of interpersonal relationship, but when it comes to idols, it is completely the opposite enthusiasm.

But what made Shibai feel strange was that every time he went out in his own casual clothes, he was never noticed. On the contrary, the suits prepared for him by his agent or sister would be discovered by his sharp-eyed and enthusiastic fans no matter how he tried to hide them.

When he expressed this view, the agent always had a complicated expression on her face, and her usually gentle sister patted him on the shoulder heavily, saying - as long as you are happy.

However, it is precisely because of these reasons that Shi Bai realized his potential in finding his way in this "desperate situation". Even if he has never been to a place before, he can ensure that he will not reach a dead end or walk the same way twice, and he is also very good at finding things that can hide him.

As long as Edogawa Ranpo tells the general direction, Shibai can find the correct location as quickly as possible. And a newly opened dessert shop is always more special than other ordinary shops. Edogawa Ranpo is very satisfied with the fact that he can easily buy the dessert that suits his taste.

Because he was in a good mood, Edogawa Ranpo did not deliberately reveal the fact that he had the ability but still said it now, which clearly showed that he wanted to use this reason to reject the invitation from the detective agency from the beginning.

From the beginning, Edogawa Ranpo and even Fukuzawa Yukichi knew that Shi Bai would refuse the "invitation" from the detective agency.

The Armed Detective Agency is an organization that upholds justice and protects others. Even though there are only three people in the entire organization now, they will never relax their requirements and recruit people casually.

In order to be invited to become a member of the detective agency, he must have a righteous heart called "protecting the weak" and he must pass the entrance test set by the current members before he can truly become a member of the detective agency.

The character played by Shi Bai is a sword that has killed countless people and is stained with blood. The reason why he even appeared in front of the detective agency and was injured was just a meaningless fight.

However, Fukuzawa Yukichi still chose to invite him. Even the so-called test was the most common one. All he had to do was to bring Ranpo back to the detective agency. It was so simple that no one knew what he, as the president, was thinking. Edogawa Ranpo had always understood everything clearly, but he also had no intention of explaining it to others.

"By the way, Mr. Ranpo, is there any gifts you want to prepare for Mr. Fukuzawa and the others?" Shibai stood on tiptoe and looked at the small accessories in a store as they passed by it.

"Why would Ranpo-sama do such a thing--" Edogawa Ranpo walked in front with his hands folded, and following Shibai's movements, he casually glanced at the store. With just one glance, he immediately knew that the things inside would not contain what the president and Yosano liked.

Shibai turned around and said in a cheerful voice that looked childish and cute no matter what tone he used: "Because I think gifts can make people feel happy and surprised."

Edogawa Ranpo didn't even turn his head. "So what? The president won't praise me for something like this. It's completely meaningless and just a waste of time."

Shi Bai narrowed his eyes and said, "Maybe."

Sang, who was walking with a steely body, suddenly stopped, opened his eyes, and looked at Shi Bai, who was still holding the snacks and the sword, with a very sharp look.

However, Shiba was not frightened at all and smiled at Edogawa Ranpo. Since he became a child, Shiba was not shocked at all that Tsurumaru Kuninaga would find this very interesting. Instead, he quickly found a way to adapt and happily acted like a child until Kitsunesuke completely analyzed the energy body in his body and the wounds on his body were completely healed.

"If Mr. Ranpo does this, it will definitely give Mr. Fukuzawa a big scare." Shiba said with a smile.

However, these things did not matter to Ranpo Edogawa. The only thing that concerned him was Shiba's words that the president might praise him. Ranpo Edogawa had lived with Fukuzawa Yukichi and Yosano Akiko for such a long time... no, even if they had not known each other for such a long time, as long as they met once, Ranpo Edogawa could strip the color of people's underwear. Naturally, it was impossible for him not to know what Fukuzawa Yukichi and Yosano Akiko liked.

However, the process of finding gifts is still quite...troublesome.

——Inside the Armed Detective Agency.

"It's getting dark, President." Yoseno Akiko walked in with a cup of tea, placed it on the table, and said to Fukuzawa Yukichi who had been sitting in the middle of the room.

Ever since Edogawa Ranpo and Jubai left, Fukuzawa Yukichi has been sitting in the room in this position almost the entire time.

"Mr. Ranbu and that kid..."

Yoseno Akiko was about to ask something, but unexpectedly, a familiar boy's voice came from the door: "President - I'm back!"

After hearing this voice, Fukuzawa Yukichi opened his eyes, and Edogawa Ranpo walked straight into the room without a care in the world. Shibai also poked his head out of the door and smiled sweetly, "Mr. Ranpo has prepared a surprise for you two!"

Edogawa Ranpo also nodded proudly, "It was picked by Ranpo himself!"

Yosano Akiko widened her eyes in surprise. After all, Edogawa Ranpo has always been a naive person and never paid attention to these boring and meaningless interpersonal relationships. He would choose the gift himself... Just thinking about this, Yosano Akiko noticed that the boy seemed to be indifferent, but in fact he was always paying attention to the president's reaction, and immediately understood.

Ranpo-san would never do such things on his own initiative, so Yosano Akiko couldn't help but focus their attention on Shiba with a cute smile, and Shiba spoke up for Edogawa Ranpo as expected, "Yes, Ranpo-san really knows Fukuzawa-san and Akiko-san! And today's commission is really eye-opening for me!"

Fukuzawa Yukichi nodded, "Mr. Yasui asked me to tell you that he has found the bodies of all the victims."

"Don't you see who Ranpo-sama is? I am the most powerful famous detective!" Then Edogawa Ranpo looked even more proud.

Shibai agreed with a smile: "Yes, Mr. Ranpo is really amazing - I guess Mr. Fukuzawa thinks so too, right?"

After Shibai finished saying this, Yoseno Akiko looked at Ranpo-san, who was originally tilting his nose to the sky, and looked at the president with a slightly (very) expectant look.

So, Yosano Akiko, who found it quite interesting, also turned her attention to their beloved president with interest.

Fukuzawa Yukichi, who was stared at by the three men, was silent for a while. Just when Edogawa Ranpo was about to be disappointed, he suddenly said, "Well done, Ranpo."

Edogawa Ranpo, the invincible fire of the universe, is suddenly happy.

And at the same time, his favorability towards Shi Bai reached its peak.

>>>>>

As mentioned before, the most basic protection that the government can provide to the inquisitors is to prevent them from being controlled by others in the other world.

Being able to do this means that Shi Zheng has a very strong backup and logistics capability. As for why such a strong Shi Zheng still ended up in a situation where both Shi Su and Shi Su were defeated, it is unclear.

Similarly, since the Inquisitors are guaranteed not to be controlled, they must also be guaranteed not to be exposed by people from another world. The original purpose of their role as swordsmen was to bring back faith to the swordsmen who had fallen into slumber. If they could be easily exposed, then there would be no need for this mission in the first place.

According to the official explanation, current affairs are a high-dimensional existence outside of time, and have the most direct conceptual coverage of these lower-dimensional worlds. Even if someone like Edogawa Ranpo can perceive the truth through details, or someone else with special abilities, no matter how much they observe or how they use their abilities, they will not know anything about current affairs.

What's more, without the concept of parallel worlds, time travel, and sword-attached ghosts, it is almost impossible to uncover the identities of the judges.

By the way, Shibai's own world is one of such worlds.

Because he helped him get the president's praise, Edogawa Ranpo now regards Shibai as someone he can share snacks with... Anyway, he is not a friend, and as for how he should be positioned, Shibai himself can't explain it clearly.

The reason why he knew all this was because of his experience as an idol. Even though Shibai had zero emotional intelligence at first, he was taught and guided by the agent for so long. The agent had forced everything he needed to know about interpersonal relationships into his head. He had gotten through such a difficult time, so these things were no big deal.

Having said that, idol life really taught him too many things. Not to mention finding his way around and getting along with people, just to hone his acting skills, he learned how to drive a boat, a car, and a plane by playing various roles. He learned how to assemble guns from gangster documentaries, taught himself how to do makeup when the makeup artist was not around, and learned how to fight and skateboard when he played a bad school bully... What did he go through from the age of fifteen to twenty?

Everyone who realized this fell into a strange silence.