Before returning to the detective agency, Edogawa Ranpo had many possibilities in his mind. Was it just a coincidence? Was it some conspiracy against the detective agency? Did he have a special ability?
Edogawa Ranpo thought he was a person with special abilities. His special ability was called [Super Reasoning]. He needed to wear the glasses given by the president Fukuzawa Yukichi to activate his special ability. When he didn't wear the glasses, he was just an ordinary person without special abilities.
However, in fact, Edogawa Ranpo was not a person with special abilities. He never had any special abilities, but his high IQ and reasoning ability far exceeded that of ordinary people.
Therefore, even if the glasses given by the president became a psychological hint, in reality, Edogawa Ranpo's brain still subconsciously reasoned for him and began to seek answers.
Unfortunately, the ability to reason is not an ability that does not require clues. This time, because the information obtained was too little, even Edogawa Ranpo could not get the answer for a while.
So he returned to the detective agency as quickly as possible-first contacted Kunikida Doppo who had not returned yet.
As for why he knew this, Edogawa Ranpo mentioned Dazai Osamu to Nakajima Atsushi, and calculated the time spent on this work and other things, and then came to this conclusion.
Edogawa Ranpo had countless guesses in his mind, but he had never thought that he would see such a person.
For people, their own faces may be the most unfamiliar. Although this face will accompany you throughout your life, you cannot see yourself directly except with props like a mirror.
Just like you cannot see your own back.
Edogawa Ranpo pushed open the door and saw the man lying on the windowsill at first sight.
That man was different from Ranpo-sama. He was not wearing a fitted and unique detective suit or a hat. He was dressed in a more casual way. From the back, he looked like an ordinary passerby.
However, anyone who is slightly familiar with Edogawa Ranpo can recognize his identity from his back.
The guy had just finished eating snacks. They were not Ranpo-sama’s precious food, but something that Atsushi had bought for him - ah, it happened to be his favorite snack shop recently! The crumbs of snacks were still on the clothes because of the material of the clothes and were not brushed away, and were completely ignored by the unkempt owner.
There was no ill intention, and it was not a conspiracy against the detective agency. Before he even realized it, Edogawa Ranpo's brain had already completed the analysis for him.
Out of concern for the sloppy snacks, dissatisfaction with being ignored, and a strong curiosity that could not be ignored - things that could make Ranpo-sama curious are too rare in this world.
Curiosity is the energy source of a detective, but as a detective, Edogawa Ranpo has the ability to see through the truth at a glance. Therefore, curiosity is not so obvious in him.
But this does not mean that Edogawa Ranpo does not have this trait.
So he said it out loud, in a complaining tone: "- You are still in a daze! I've already come back! Lord Ranpo will be angry, what's so good about the sky outside!"
This guy has no ill feelings towards the detective agency, and he can even relax easily in the detective agency - even ordinary people who have lived in a comfortable place since childhood, when they arrive in a strange place, it will be difficult to let go of the instinctive sense of strangeness and vigilance. How can they fall into a daze? Unless they
have strong confidence in their own strength, and are confident that no matter what happens, it will not be beyond their expectations and they can protect themselves.
Or... they have enough identification with the detective agency. After all
, no matter how you look at this person, he doesn't seem to be the kind of person who is so careless that he doesn't care about the outside environment.
What the hell, I rushed back immediately for you, but you are still looking at the sky outside the window! You can look at the sky at any time, and the world's number one detective is right in front of you! Why don't you turn around and look at me!
Lord Ranpo is unhappy!
As a result, this emotion that had just arisen not long ago, all dissipated the moment the person in front of him turned around.
It was like a punctured balloon, with a bang, it was deflated in an instant.
Those were a pair of eyes that were completely different from Edogawa Ranpo's.
The same beautiful green, but compared to Edogawa Ranpo, the guy in front of him, the eyes, are more like the marbles he plays with at ordinary times - clean, clear, and you can tell at a glance that they are fake.
His brain was working non-stop. Realizing that there was a word in his words that would hurt the other person, Ranpo Edogawa pursed his lips a little nervously.
Mr. Detective was not a very human person. He didn't care about the blood on Izumi Kyoka's hands, nor did he care about Dazai Osamu's identity as a member of the port mafia. Even if someone died in front of him, it wouldn't cause much disturbance in his heart.
Ranpo Edogawa was quite self-centered. He never cared about what other people thought—except, of course, the president.
He shouldn't feel uneasy about someone he had just met once.
But that's what happened.
The room fell into an awkward silence. There was no word from Edogawa Ranpo, Kunikida Doppo frowned and did not move, and Nakajima Atsushi looked left and right but could not even figure out which one was the real Ranpo.
Dazai Osamu was still sitting quietly on the sofa, his eyes half closed, looking like he was about to fall asleep.
Ordinary employees knew that this was not a world they could contact and pay attention to, and they very consciously left the office temporarily.
Tokiwa couldn't see it, but he knew how shocked these people would be when his vest appeared in this world.
It's so quiet, do you want to say something? Tokiwa didn't know what to do, so after thinking about it, he decided to leave it to the vest's instincts as before.
Just like the natural smile he showed in front of the white death before.
The inherent suppression of Shi Wu by the vest does not make Shi Wu lose himself, but is a transfer of emotions and behaviors - simply letting Shi Wu know what he, the vest with this personality, would do at this time.
It cannot be denied that it will have an impact on Shi Wu himself, but this impact is not that bad.
Shi Wu knows himself, his acting skills are really not that good, it's just that his personality is too bland, and the color is like transparent. That's why it appears that the 10% instinctive reaction becomes 100% when it is expressed.
It's like putting a drop of ink in a glass of colorless water, which can easily dye the water black. This is much more conspicuous and vivid than dropping ink into a glass of water of other colors.
He should...
Shi Wu tilted his head and suddenly brought up a topic that was completely out of tune with the current atmosphere: "That chunky snack tastes great! It would be better if it could be a little sweeter--" "
..." Edogawa Ranpo blinked, and the next second he raised his hands and hummed with a nasal sound, and said in a light voice: "That chunky snack should have been bought for me by A-dun!"
"But if it's you, it's okay to let Lord Ranpo share a little-in fact, I also think it would be better if it could be sweeter!"
As he spoke, Edogawa Ranpo trotted to his own office with an expression as if he remembered something, and took out a bunch of snacks from the cabinet.
Then, in the blank eyes of others, he smiled and said to the person who was still standing by the window: "You... come and try these! Ranpo-sama highly recommends it!"
It's just like twin elementary school brothers... ! !
Looking at the two people sitting together on the sofa and sharing snacks, looking at their identical faces, Nakajima Atsushi complained in his heart.
No, complaining is another matter - Nakajima Atsushi quietly approached Kunikida Doppo, who had not yet recovered from his daze: "Um, Kunikida-san?"
"What's the matter, Atsushi." Kunikida Doppo's glasses reflected opaque light, and he looked extremely reliable.
Nakajima Atsushi asked carefully: "Ranpo-san, does he... have twin brothers?"
"I don't know." Kunikida Doppo replied. Logically speaking, if they were really blood brothers, it would be impossible for Ranpo-san to have never mentioned it once in such a long time...? No
matter how reliable he seemed on the surface, Kunikida Doppo was actually completely confused. If it wasn't still daytime, he would even suspect that he had seen a ghost.
Moreover, on the way back, Ranpo-san had mentioned that there was a certain possibility that he was an enemy or something - how come he even shared his favorite snacks now!
Dazai Osamu noticed the status of the other two people present, reconnected himself, and asked with a smile: "For this kind of thing, wouldn't it be better to just ask Ranpo-san directly?"
So, three pairs of curious eyes met the two detectives who were sitting on the sofa and whispering something.
Having the conversation interrupted, Ranpo Edogawa puffed up his face: "Are you idiots? Isn't this obvious at a glance!"
"The purpose of his coming to the detective agency - it was revealed from the beginning!"
Perhaps he was already accustomed to the "stupidity" of his colleagues, Ranpo Edogawa said bluntly: "He has lost his memory! He doesn't remember anything - the purpose of coming to the detective agency is to confirm his identity!"
This time, even Dazai Osamu was surprised, but not surprised.
However, if he has lost his memory... then, why does this "Mr. Ranpo" know his special ability? Dazai Osamu recalled the behavior of Shi Wu asking him to reach out just now.
And Nakajima Atsushi immediately recalled that this man who looked exactly like Ranpo started calling him Atsushi only after Mr. Kunikida said his name on the phone.
So was he actually trying to trick him at that time?
Tokiwa couldn't see the reactions of the others, but the corners of his mouth were curled up with a smile that was almost the same as Edogawa Ranpo's.
"Yes, yes, isn't it obvious at a glance? I thought I showed it obviously enough."
The man with the same appearance as their detective narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Since you are from the detective agency, are you willing to accept this commission?"
"--Find back my lost memories for me."
The author has something to say:
Tokiwa: I am telling the truth. I really don't know Edogawa Ranpo's social relationships and past. I only know that this is my pseudonym.