How long has it been since I received this kind of comfort?

The scene that Edogawa Ranpo could see gradually became blurred, and the brain that had always known all the truths and mysteries seemed to have stopped thinking.

In the end times, Edogawa Ranpo never trusted anyone. Even Dazai Osamu would only tell him:

"Don't trust me."

No one had ever been able to protect him or relieve him from being so tired. Even Fukuzawa Yukichi's half-comforting actions only existed in his childhood memories.

"Edogawa Ranpo" once wanted to be a detective - but in this world, people don't need detectives. The only thing on their minds is "to survive", and they have to do it even if they have to raise weapons.

After the end of the world, the leader of the Port Mafia, whose real name is unknown, tried to recruit him - "Edogawa Ranpo" knew that he had seen part of the "book", and without the Armed Detective Agency and the many powerful people in all aspects who should have been in the Port Mafia, in this situation.

The leader set his sights on "Ranpo Edogawa" and "Osamu Dazai".

The latter was wandering around the special danger clearing area all day and could not be found. He would not waste human resources for an intellectual talent. After all, only "Edogawa Ranpo" and himself knew that Dazai Osamu's ability to nullify the ghosts was effective. He also specifically asked "Ranpo" to keep it secret, although there was no request in his tone.

Without the latter, "Ranpo Edogawa", who values ​​his life so much that he cannot enter the special danger zone alone, becomes the first choice.

But unfortunately, this leader is even more despicable than Sen Gull.

"Edogawa Ranpo" had no intention of being on the same boat with such a person, which resulted in him having to hide from ghosts and the port mafia's search team for a while to avoid being caught and retaliated against.

He pursed his lips. Fukuzawa Yukichi had already withdrawn his hand. Because he had other things to deal with, he only came out briefly to take a look at "Ranbu" from another world.

Edogawa Ranpo handed over a piece of paper and gently placed it on his face. This time he suppressed his defensive reaction and did not move. He raised his hand to press it, but the mist in his eyes had dissipated.

"…Ranpo-sama is no longer needed."

The listening device left on Ryunosuke Akutagawa's clothes was probably found.

Dazai Osamu vaguely heard a familiar angry voice, and then the noise from the crushed monitor made him rub his ears. He thought to himself that the slug was as noisy as ever, and although it was small in size, its volume could not be low.

The sound in my ears on the other side was the conversation between Lady Hisayo and Kunikida Dopo.

He automatically filtered out the unimportant information in the conversation and found the key points. After that, Kunikida Dopo's words had been misleadingly influenced by Lady Hisayo and gradually deviated to other directions.

Dazai Osamu covered his mouth and yawned, and a little moisture appeared at the corners of his eyes, which he wiped away casually.

Kunikida Doppo was communicating seriously with Mrs. Hisayo, and when they reached the end of the conversation, it was almost time for them to say goodbye. He turned around and was about to ask Dazai Osamu to return to the agency, but he found that the latter was leaning against the sofa with his eyes closed, breathing evenly, and seemed to have fallen asleep.

...What's going on?

He was thinking whether to wake Dazai up directly or wait for two minutes - but it seemed too rude.

Before Kunikida Dopo could finish his words, Dazai Osamu opened his eyes and looked completely awake, obviously having not slept from beginning to end.

Mrs. Hisayo had left the room to take care of the child. Dazai cast a glance at the closed door, walked lazily in front of it, and headed for the door with his hands behind his head.

"That..."

When they were about to leave, Mrs. Hisayo suddenly opened the door and half leaned against it. She hesitated for a moment before speaking, "I heard that there is a Mr. Ranbu in the detective agency who is very powerful...Excuse me, when is he free?"

"Are you looking for Mr. Ranpo?" Dazai Osamu's expression was incredibly gentle, but he was also a little embarrassed: "In that case, you may need to come to the detective agency in person."

Mrs. Hisayo said nothing more, and after a long while she said softly, "Is that so?"

"I will visit you when I have time later."

At this time, the two detectives in the agency felt their noses itching and looked at each other.

“…It’s Dazai.”

"It's Dazai."

“…”

Edogawa Ranpo thought that this Dazai was more troublesome than the one he knew. He leaned over to check the straps on his legs to see if they were damaged, then stood up, unwrapped a lollipop and bit into it.

"Edogawa Ranpo" walked to the window and looked at the port mafia building in the distance. He rested his palms on the windowsill, with his black-framed glasses firmly on his nose. It seemed that he could directly see "Akutagawa Ryunosuke" and Nakahara Chuuya who had entered the building.

"Working non-stop." He couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth. Maybe this was... an example of something that came to him?

"So." Ranpo Edogawa said clearly, sorted out all the snacks and put them in the cabinet. Fukuzawa Yukichi didn't praise him just now, but just rubbed him. "Are you sure you don't want to ask the famous detective to help?"

“…”

"Edogawa Ranpo" was not wearing a detective hat, and his hair was blown up by the wind, making him look a little messy.

"Ranbu-sama can do it himself."

Nakajima Atsushi said goodbye to Hisayo Michiko politely, and he walked side by side with Izumi Kyoka. The number of people on Yokohama Street gradually decreased, and it was getting dark. Nakajima Atsushi looked up at the sky, and the stars were scattered everywhere, looming, and a white light was shining around the small dot.

"Ah, it's Mr. Dazai and Mr. Kunikida!"

Someone gently pulled his sleeves, and Nakajima Atsushi's vision returned to normal. The sunlight dazzled his eyes. Nakajima Atsushi looked in the direction indicated by Izumi Kyouka, and happened to see two people walking towards the agreed location together.

"Yo-don-kun."

Dazai Osamu raised his hand and greeted.

"Is everything going well there?" Kunikida asked, closing the notebook and pushing the sliding frame of the glasses with his finger.

Nakajima Atsushi smiled sheepishly: "Mrs. Hisayo is a very nice person and has always been very cooperative. The victim of the attack..."

"Wait a minute." Kunikida Dopo realized something was wrong and called a halt. "Are you talking about Lady Hisayo?"

Nakajima Atsushi uttered a bewildered "Ah!" and repeated his words: "Yes, it's the client who came to the detective agency before."

Kunikida Doppo: “…What’s your full name?”

"Kushiro Michiko."

"It seems to be getting interesting." Dazai Osamu lowered his eyes to tie up the loose bandages on his wrists, and tied the last small piece tightly into a beautiful knot. He looked at it with satisfaction, and let his arms fall naturally to his side: "The person we met over there was also Michiko Hisayo."

"But Mr. Dazai, aren't you going to look for..." Nakajima Atsushi suddenly paused as he was about to say something. He showed a confused expression, recalling the person Dazai Osamu and the others had mentioned before they parted. It seemed that - it wasn't Lady Hisayo, but he couldn't remember the exact name, as if it had been erased by an eraser.

Is it my memory that is wrong?

Nakajima Atsushi recalled carefully.

His intuition told him that all those memories were real and there was nothing wrong with them. So, was the Lady Hisayo that Mr. Dazai and the others met fake? Or was it that they were fake?

At this moment, all these true and false things are mixed together, making it difficult to tell which ones are more trustworthy.

"We can just go back and take a look at this kind of thing." Dazai Osamu said, "Right, Atsushi-kun?"

Nakajima Atsushi nodded blankly: "Ah, yes..."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke has a hard time accepting the completely enclosed environment of the elevator. His childhood experience has left him with a bad impression of such places. Rashomon turns into a black beast, ready to move under the hem of the clothes.

As if sensing something, Nakahara Chuuya turned his head and caught a glimpse of the black beast. He didn't pay much attention to it, but he noticed that "Akutagawa Ryunosuke" had a strange expression.

He didn't know what topic to pick for the time being. His current understanding of this "Akutagawa" was limited to his self-introduction. He only knew that he was an ordinary college student who was not involved in gangs or joined any forces - and he was already a famous writer.

A completely different life from Akutagawa's. Nakahara Chuuya thought, but he didn't know why he agreed to come.

Before setting out, Nakahara Chuuya was already prepared for the possibility that Akutagawa Ryunosuke would not cooperate, and he would use force to bring him back.

The elevator door dinged and opened to the sides. Nakahara Chuuya stepped out of the elevator first. He stopped at the elevator door, and "Akutagawa Ryunosuke" slowly came out from inside.

"BOSS."

Nakahara Chuuya walked into the door and bowed to Mori Ougai who was chatting and laughing with Alice.

"Then Chuuya-kun, please leave first." Mori Ogai said this, and he stood up slowly, not thinking that there was anything wrong with showing his not-so-dignified image when he was with Alice in front of outsiders.

In fact, Ryunosuke Akutagawa only heard a little sound and took a step back subconsciously. He had a bad feeling in his heart - he seemed to have walked into a den of thieves.

"Akutagawa Ryunosuke" raised his eyes and met Mori Ogai's eyes. The leader of the port mafia had already sat back in his chair. The blond humanoid psychic ran to the side with the small cake he got from Mori Ogai and ate it quietly.

This strange image overlaps with the world of "Mori Ogre" that "Akutagawa Ryunosuke" has visited several times, and it seems that this scene is the same every time I go to his house.

Could it be that the other person has the same personality?

"Akutagawa Ryunosuke" thought about it for a while, but strangely thought that there would be no deviation if he installed it. However, he didn't know what the relationship between Mori Ogai and the little girl was in this world. The one in the original world was a real father-daughter relationship, so it was normal to be a little closer than the bottom line - after all, it was a single-parent family?

"This Akutagawa-kun." Mori Owa interrupted his increasingly deviant thoughts, "What are you thinking about? Would you mind sharing it with me?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke was not at all panicked by the situation and said in a deep voice: "It's just some trivial matters, not a big deal."

"It's just a small matter... In that case, Akutagawa-kun, would you mind telling me about your world?"

The author has something to say: The reputation of "Mori Ougai" was damaged (it wasn't), but in fact the only relationship was that Mr. Mori himself told others that they were father and daughter, so they are actually still supernatural beings.

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I was a little late because I went out for dinner, please forgive me orz

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