As the words written on the "book" fell, the letters began to glow. Gradually, the light of the "book" grew brighter and brighter until it was so strong that it blinded people.

When he opened his eyes, he had already returned to the Tsushima family.

——

Although Dazai Osamu didn't say anything, the time he spent lost in his memories was enough for Edogawa Ranpo to see a lot.

For example, Chuuya Nakahara is actually a sealing device for gods, and the so-called "safety device" is probably for humans.

For example, what did he use to go back to the past?

Ranpo Edogawa reasonably guessed that it was probably "books".

But the "books" there exist in the form of barter and fulfill people's wishes.

So what is the price of going back to the past?

Edogawa Ranpo looked Dazai up and down.

He has no missing limbs, looks energetic and healthy.

No matter how many times he saw this scene, Edogawa Ranpo didn't think that this body of Dazai had paid any price for Dazai, who would do anything to return to the past.

On the contrary, this Dazai looks much healthier than his counterpart, the other Ranpo Edogawa.

The world's number one detective narrowed his eyes, a little bit unbelieving that he couldn't see it.

After a while, he still couldn't figure it out, so he just asked directly, "You used the "book" to go back to the past."

After saying this, he closed his mouth and carefully observed Dazai's expression, then confidently asked, "But what price did you pay for this? Ranpo-sama can't tell."

"Since you can't see it, there's nothing I can do about it." Dazai looked at Edogawa Ranpo expressionlessly for a while, then a smile broke out on his face.

"Tsk, Ranpo-sama, you just can't see it for the moment!!" Edogawa Ranpo puffed up his cheeks and shouted harshly.

Then there was a knock at the door of the Armed Detective Agency, and a voice said, "I'm coming in."

The door was pushed open, and a man with a middle-parted hair, black round frames, and a mole at the corner of his mouth came in.

That is Sakaguchi Ango, who left Dazai Osamu and came back to call people.

Edogawa Ranpo didn't look over there, but his cheeks were still puffed up and he still looked very angry.

While staying in Dazai's shell, Lu Qi suddenly thought of an animal.

——Pufferfish.

A fish that, when frightened, puffs up its body to scare off an enemy or to protect itself.

Generally, people have some fleshy thorns on their bodies, but although Ranpo Edogawa doesn't have any, he looks really cute.

He now almost understood that this Zai was actually a real Zai.

After knowing this, he felt even more justified. Anyway, this plan of Zai was almost in the final stage, and he absolutely could not let his expression show and let Edogawa Ranpo catch him.

So he simply didn't hide it.

However, before he could react, he saw Edogawa Ranpo glance over here, then look away, and his exposed ear was actually a little red.

Lu Qi suddenly had a bad feeling.

Then this premonition came true. He heard Edogawa Ranpo whisper, "Forget it. Since you like Ranpo-sama so much, Ranpo-sama will barely mind that you deliberately hid the matter from Ranpo-sama!"

Lu Qi:?

Dazai Osamu, I respect you as a man.

No matter what kind of literature you read, you wouldn't dare to write like this, right? !