Everyone watched outside the screen as "Ranpo Edogawa" was induced by "Dazai Osamu" to write words on it.

The last word fell, and the "book" emitted a white light, swallowed up "Edogawa Ranpo", and he fell into a deep sleep.

When "Edogawa Ranpo" woke up, he saw his "parents" guarding him by his bed.

"Mom and Dad...!" Ranpo Edogawa excitedly threw herself into the arms of the two.

The three of them got along very friendly and happily for a while.

Although it seemed to be a happy ending, the audience outside the screen hardly relaxed from beginning to end.

Because they know that this is just a beautiful "dream". No, it is even more false, inferior, and more... vulnerable than a "dream".

They also knew that with Edogawa Ranpo's talent, he must have discovered something was wrong at the very beginning, but he did not choose to expose it. He chose to indulge in a false but beautiful dream.

But everyone knows that this "dream" will not last long.

Sure enough, the good days did not last long, and "Edogawa Ranpo" could not deceive himself in the end. After his parents once again praised him for being a genius, he silently took out his cold gun and looked up at his "parents" who became frightened and panicked because of his actions.

He forced himself to raise the gun, pulled the trigger, and let the cold bullet penetrate the imposter that was holding up the shell of his parents.

The impostor was pierced and fell not far away. Bright red blood oozed out and slowly flowed on the ground, as if accusing "Edogawa Ranpo" of his evil deeds.

The scene of Edogawa Ranpo putting down his gun and his parents being pierced by bullets seemed to be deeply imprinted in his mind. Although he knew clearly and rationally that they were just imposters wearing the skin of his parents but were rotten and twisted inside; psychologically, he could not accept the feeling of guilt of killing his parents with his own hands.

My fingertips were numb, so numb that the gun fell from my hand and hit the cold floor.

He was shaking uncontrollably, his vision went dark and his head felt dizzy. He even felt like he couldn't stand steadily.

The numbness in his body and the dense black dots in front of his eyes made him sit down on the cold floor. He gradually fell to the ground, curled up, and his mind went blank.

Even though his whole body was pressed against the cold floor, he was still shaking violently.

The huge sense of guilt almost overwhelmed him, and suddenly "Edogawa Ranpo" thought.

"I've become a monster, too, haven't I?"

The screen went dark, and the white words printed on the black screen were particularly conspicuous.

Almost no one present spoke.

As the peer of "Ranpo Edogawa", Ranpo Edogawa can best understand the feelings of "Ranpo Edogawa" at that time, but his throat is now dry and he can hardly say anything to comfort him.

Can a few words of comfort erase these terrible memories? Obviously not.

He had known that this would be the outcome, but he still couldn't accept it. After all, "Ranpo Edogawa" had tried so hard, hadn't he?

In the end, it was Edogawa Ranpo who raised her hand and wiped away his tears with the tip of her thumb, and said helplessly, "I'm not crying, why are you crying?"

Did he cry?

Edogawa Ranpo looked at him blankly, and finally threw herself into Edogawa Ranpo's arms and burst into tears, "Because... Edogawa Ranpo is very sad."

If "Ranpo Edogawa" can't cry, then wouldn't it be better to let Ranpo Edogawa cry for him?

Because they all know that "Edogawa Ranpo" is very sad.

The screen continued to play. When Ranpo Edogawa was 25 years old, he died for no apparent reason.

The screen went out for a while, and the noisy sounds started again.

They opened their eyes from the perspective of "Ranpo Edogawa" and found themselves inexplicably appearing on the busy street.

"Do monsters have a long lifespan? I don't know, but I am alive again."

"Ranpo Edogawa" holds a "book" in his hand, and a series of chaotic clips flash past the screen.

But everyone saw it - that was the memory of Ranpo Edogawa in this world.

"…Is it because of the 'peculiarity'?" Dazai Osamu said.

"Dazai Osamu" was able to obtain his memory because of "No Longer Human", so what about "Edogawa Ranpo"?

And this time travel was too strange.

"Because of the 'virus infection' and the 'book', there are 'special features'." Ranpo Edogawa whispered.