Chapter 58

Yokohama is such a small place, and everyone knows the details of the Armed Detective Agency and the Port Black Hand. Even if Ling Yi refuses, several players will come on their own accord, so he acquiesced to their following.

There were basically no people on Yokohama Street at this time, let alone cars, so Ling Yi opened the book in his hand again and read as he walked.

Dazai Osamu couldn't help but be curious. He came over and said, "It seems that your suicide manual is a different version from mine."

Ling Yi turned his gaze to Dazai Osamu's face. Their two similar yet slightly different iris-colored eyes met. He said, "As far as you know, besides the suicide manual, there are no other books to read?"

Dazai Osamu was suddenly stunned. He didn't know what he remembered. It was not until Ling Yi walked away that he reacted and started chasing after him again...

...

Inside the Armed Detective Agency, Edogawa Ranpo lay listlessly on the table. He glanced at the clock and said unhappily, "Dazai is late."

"Given the situation outside right now, it's normal to be late." Yosano Akiko explained.

"Not normal." Edogawa Ranpo suddenly sat up straight and spoke calmly. He always felt that Dazai was hiding something today.

"What's abnormal?" asked Yoseno Akiko casually.

Edogawa Ranpo sighed helplessly and laid back on the table. Without enough sugar intake, his brain refused to think deeply...

"Otherwise I'll go out and take a look." said Miyazawa Kenji.

[Akutagawa Ryunosuke], who was sitting on the sofa reading a magazine, also stood up and said, "I'll go with you."

The two walked to the door together. As soon as they opened it, they saw several dark figures outside. Their first reaction was to be alert, but soon they heard a familiar voice: "Are you here to greet me?"

"Mr. Dazai..." [Akutagawa Ryunosuke] reacted, he looked at the person behind Ling Yi, and asked in surprise, "What are these..."

"We are here as guests. If you don't want to entertain us, you can just lock us outside." Ling Yi said as he nimbly walked around the two people in front of the door and walked into the detective agency, leaving the two members who were confused about the situation and the "guests" outside staring at each other.

Nakajima Atsushi looked at the two Akutagawa Ryunosukes with different temperaments inside and outside the door, and was surprised. It turned out that what Mr. Dazai said before was true...

Sakaguchi Ango remained calm on the surface, but in his heart he began to wonder what had happened in the world to cause the changes before his eyes...

"Hi." Dazai Osamu raised his hand and waved at the two confused people in front of him, then he walked around them like Ling Yi and said, "Don't be too enthusiastic about my hospitality, just treat me as Dazai."

The people in the detective agency had already heard the noise outside the door. They all looked in the direction of the door, and then saw another Dazai Osamu squeezed in wearing a black windbreaker and a red scarf around his neck...

Seeing Dazai Osamu doing this, the other three players followed suit.

"You, you guys..." Xie Yejingzi looked at the newcomers in surprise, then turned to Ling Yi who entered the room first and asked, "What's going on with them?"

"I picked it up on the road." Ling Yi said casually.

Edogawa Ranpo withdrew his gaze from the guests, fixed his eyes on Ling Yi, and said, "Cake."

"Ah..." Ling Yi suddenly pointed at the people near the door, "Do they look like cakes?"

"Liar." Edogawa Ranpo accused Ling Yi of his rogue behavior, "You didn't go out to look for cake before."

Ling Yi looked around the detective agency and said with a smile, "Ranpo has already asked Kunikida to leave. Cake should be back soon."

As if to respond to his words, at this moment a voice came from outside the door. It was the Kunikida Dopo mentioned by Ling Yi: "Why are you all blocking the door? What happened?"

Hearing his voice, the people standing by the door made way for him, and Kunikida walked in alone. After seeing the situation inside the detective agency, his jaw dropped along with the cake in his hand...

[Akutagawa Ryunosuke] quickly caught the cake, "Mr. Kunikida, please be careful," he warned.

Kunikida Dopo retracted his jaw in shock and looked at [Akutagawa Ryunosuke]: "What's going on with these people?"

"Mr. Dazai picked up the guests." [Ryunosuke Akutagawa] summarized Ling Yi's previous remarks.

"Huh?" Kunikida looked at Ling Yi, who was already slumped on the sofa in the detective agency, and said, "You picked it up?"

"Are you all going to join the detective club?" Miyazawa Kenji asked at this time. He thought for a moment and then said, "If so, the food we stored before might not be enough."

Withdrawing his gaze from Xue Ye Akiko, he sat back at the table and continued his unfinished manicure. The world was about to end, so it didn't seem strange to have a few strange guests. As for food, if it wasn't enough, he could go outside to look for it. Besides, Xue Ye Akiko and he glanced out the window. Before everyone died of hunger, maybe the world would be destroyed first...

[Akutagawa Ryunosuke] gave the cake that Kunikida Doppo had found to Edogawa Ranpo, and sat back on the sofa, continuing to read his magazine, no longer paying attention to the new guest.

Only Kunikida Dubu and the four guests near the door were left staring at each other.

"I forgot to introduce myself. I have taken over the port mafia and am now its leader. So this time I came here just as a guest. As for the food, I am very happy to share it with everyone in the detective agency." Dazai Osamu said with a smile.

After hearing his words, everyone looked at Ling Yi at the same time, and Kunikida Dopo asked, "Is what he said true?"

Ling Yi raised his eyelids lazily and said, "It's very suitable, isn't it?"

Everyone in the detective agency suddenly fell silent, because they all understood what the Port Mafia meant to President Dazai. They just didn't expect that the president who had been serving in both positions would give up the position of leader so easily. But when they thought that the person who took over was also Dazai, they could understand it a little bit.

"Everyone seems to be worried." Dazai Osamu suddenly said, looking at the people in the detective agency and asked, "Did anything happen before?"

While speaking, Dazai Osamu observed the reactions of the people in the detective agency, and finally looked at Ranpo Edogawa who was concentrating on eating cake.

Edogawa Ranpo noticed Dazai Osamu's gaze and looked over. He said, "Ranpo wants to eat cookies."

"Atsushi, Akutagawa, I'm leaving Mr. Ranpo's cookies in the hands of the two of you," Dazai Osamu said to the two people following him.

"Ah... dry cookies?" Nakajima Atsushi was a little embarrassed because all the shops outside seemed to be closed. Could he still buy dry cookies now?

"On the way here, the fifth street west of the third street is a pastry shop," Dazai said, "you should be able to find cookies inside."

After hearing Dazai Osamu's instructions, Akutagawa Ryunosuke turned around and walked out the door. His purpose was very simple, which was to complete Mr. Dazai's task and get Mr. Dazai's recognition.

Nakajima Atsushi followed after him a step slower: "Wait a minute..."

Ranpo Edogawa held the cake in his hand and walked into a room inside. Dazai Osamu and Sakaguchi Ango followed behind him. After the three of them entered the room, Ranpo Edogawa sat down at the table, put the cake on the table, and said to the two of them: "Ranpo will only answer two questions."

Dazai Osamu did not rush to ask questions. His eyes were attracted by a photo frame placed on the table. The photo in the frame was a group photo of three people, including President Fukuzawa, the young boy Ranpo, and his younger self...

Dazai Osamu was slightly surprised for a moment, because he didn't expect that he grew up with President Fukuzawa. No wonder he became the president. But what caused this change, Dazai Osamu couldn't figure it out for a while, so he asked the first question: "What's wrong with Dazai?"

"Ask Dazai about Dazai's problems." Edogawa Ranpo said, "You still have one more question."

"But I can remind you two things. Dazai hates being touched by others. Also, don't touch his books."

"Book?" Dazai Osamu suddenly took out a book from his windbreaker and asked, "Are you referring to this one?"

Edogawa Ranpo looked over, his squinting eyes opened up, and he stopped eating the cake. Anyone who knew him well could tell that Ranpo-sama was unhappy...

"Did Dazai give it to you?" asked Ranpo Edogawa.

Dazai Osamu looked at the book in his hand, the words "The World of Osamu" on the cover, and the author's signature below the title. The corners of his mouth lifted unconsciously: "Although I have never been called that before, 'Osamu' is also my name."

On the way here, Sakaguchi Ango had already seen this book. When he saw it again, he was still surprised because of the name of the book and the author.

One Dazai Osamu gave the book to another Dazai Osamu and asked him to return it after reading the last chapter. He also threatened the person who got the book with very scary words, saying that if the book was damaged in the slightest, he would let the person die in the most painful way...

Perhaps because of this, when he asked to use his supernatural powers to read the memories in this book, he was rejected without hesitation by Dazai Osamu.

Apart from Dazai Osamu, there is probably no other person in the world who can touch that book. Sakaguchi Ango couldn't help but think so.

"Why did the supernatural powers here disappear?" Sakaguchi Ango asked the second question.

Edogawa Ranpo still looked unhappy. He looked at the two and asked, "Is this why you came here?"

Dazai Osamu narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Edogawa Ranpo who did not give a direct answer, and suddenly pulled Sakaguchi Ango and walked out the door.

"Wait a minute, Dazai..." Sakaguchi Ango pulled Dazai Osamu back. It was rare that Edogawa Ranpo was willing to speak, and now was a good opportunity to find out the truth.

Dazai paused and said, "I don't want to leave this book until I finish the last chapter."

Sakaguchi Ango was stunned. He looked at the book in Dazai's hand and suddenly remembered that they were here entirely because of the game. If they found out all the truth, the game might be over. But for Dazai, neither the truth of the world nor the victory of the game was as important as reading that book.

"Besides, Ranpo has already answered." Dazai Osamu suddenly said again.

Answered? This time, Sakaguchi Ango failed to follow Dazai Osamu's thoughts, and Dazai Osamu looked at the confused Sakaguchi Ango and did not continue to explain.

The photo on Ranpo's desk has already given a lot of information, including the fact that Ranpo is willing to answer their questions. It is probably because they were brought back by President Dazai, so when the questions involve President Dazai, Ranpo will refuse to answer because of his bias in his heart.

As for Ango's second question, it was asked very cleverly by mistake. Ranbu avoided the question without answering it, which can only mean that the answer to this question is related to President Dazai.

Also, from the moment he took out "The World of Osamu", Ranpo's mood changed obviously. It was impossible for Ranpo not to know the significance of this book to Dazai Osamu, and now the book was in his hands, and it was handed over to him personally by President Dazai here.

So Ranpo was unhappy, because as a friend who grew up with him, he had never touched it, and because in Ranpo's eyes, this book should not be touched by anyone other than President Dazai, even if that person's name is also Dazai Osamu.

Such unreasonable preference and protection really makes people jealous.

However... Dazai looked at the "World of Rule" in his hand at this moment, and the corners of his mouth slightly curved upwards. On the way to the detective agency before, he caught up with another self. Before he stretched out his hand, the other party had already handed the book to him. He was enjoying a unique privilege in the world...