Where's my childhood sweetheart?

Facing the bullets flying fast, without even thinking for 0.1 second in his heart, Ayou pulled Edogawa Ranpo with all his strength, swapped positions with him, and interfered with the bullet's direction with his mental power.

Then, the bullet suddenly shot into Ayou's chest.

There was a sudden pain in his chest, and Ayou felt it silently.Well, it's the heart, very good!

It was obviously such a tense moment, but Ayou's thinking was incredibly calm. Her mental power quickly sensed the position of the killer, and instantly used illusion to stun the shooter.

After doing all this, Ayou couldn't help but smile as if she had accomplished some last major event.

The rest of the little brains with random steps should be able to easily find the murderer. Although this time there was a bit of an accident, the accident was really surprising.

The matter only happened in a short moment, which was obviously enough for Edogawa Ranpo to analyze in a moment, but his thinking seemed to be suspended by something, and he could only stare blankly at the bright red The color flowed like this, like an ignorant child who didn't know what happened outside.

The dusty confinement is opened, and the memories of the past emerge in front of the eyes. The scenes are connected with deep emotions, and the figure in front of the eyes gradually overlaps with the appearance in the memory.

Accepted him when he was alone and helpless, tolerated him when he was indulgent, willful and whimsical, would say 'Ranbu you are the best', would say grow up with me...

Why can't he remember such an important thing?

Obviously this is his most important, most important little shopkeeper!

Transparent drops of water slipped from Edogawa Ranbu's eye sockets, as if the space inside was too narrow, they rushed out, slid down his cheeks, and fell to the ground.

"fraud--"

Obviously he hasn't grown up yet...

Edogawa Ranpo could no longer care about his face blurred with tears, he panickedly supported Ayou who had fallen to the ground, unable to support himself, but he didn't know what to do.

The noisy voices around him could not make him care at all, and the knowledge in his mind seemed useless. He trembled and covered Ayou's bloody chest with his hands.

The unique position let him know clearly.

--That's too late.

"Small shopkeeper..."

He said the title that represented the integrity of the memory.

"do not die……"

He knew that she could heal herself.

"please……"

He prayed, hoping that the girl who fell on the ground could change her mind.

But for the result of her choice, he should be clearer than anyone else, right?

"You remember?"

Possessing the illusion, she can still make a sound 'easily', feeling the rapid disappearance of life in her body, but her heart is relaxed as if she is about to face an ordinary sleep.

"Why do you have to think of it at this time?"

Ayou raised his right hand, and wiped away the tears on Edogawa Ranpo's face vigorously, but it seemed like a spring that would not dry up, just after wiping off some, more would flow out.

The hand she rested on his cheek was wrapped by the other's hand.

"If you don't remember me, you won't be sad at this moment."

She said such cruel words in a calm tone, but the expression on her face was unbelievably gentle.

"no!"

Edogawa Ranpo retorted loudly.

"No matter how many times I lose my memory, my feelings for the little shopkeeper will never disappear. As long as I see the little shopkeeper, my heart will definitely urge me, and I want to be the same as before."

Just like the beginning, he who was alone in such a terrible city desperately clinged to her who was just the owner of a dessert shop at that time.Thus, he, who was panicked, found a place to return to, and the world of Edogawa Ranpo began to have dazzling colors again.

"You said..."

Tears were still running down his blue eyes.

"You said you wanted to grow up with me."

Although his vision was blurred by tears, he didn't dare to blink for a moment.

"I haven't grown up yet..."

He was afraid that the girl in front of him would disappear with just a blink of an eye.

"I only recently learned how to ride the train, it took me several months, and I still don't know how to do housework, I can be picky eaters when I eat, and I always button the wrong buttons in the morning. I have lived in Yokohama for so many years and still can't find my way home. road."

His hand holding Ayou tightened more and more.

"I can't seem to grow up..."

so can you come backJust like the beginning.

Edogawa Ranpo has always stubbornly kept a promise, knowing that it is not the case, but he still can't give up.

Doesn't the little shopkeeper never disappear as long as he never grows up?

With such thoughts in mind, Edogawa Ranpo has been letting himself go until the end comes.

At that time, he suddenly remembered that the original promise was to 'accompany you to adulthood'.

His body has reached adulthood, so the agreement between them is also over.

But shouldn't we wait for him to 'grow up'?He obviously still can't live alone in this society.

Edogawa Ranpo can't do without someone to take care of him.

There was pleading in his voice.

"So don't die, okay..."

Ayou: "..."

What should she do if she said such a thing?

but……

"Ranbu, you should grow up."

At this time, Ayou's eyes were half-extinguished, and the eyes that were originally shining with brilliance also became somewhat hollow with a sense of lifelessness.She let out a long sigh, staring seriously at the already blurred figure in front of her eyes.

"You should know that no one can't live without anyone, you still have Akiko, Mr. Fukuzawa, and the companions of the Armed Detective Agency, you..."

Edogawa's random steps were interrupted.

"But none of them are you."

"But they're all me."

The too blurred vision made Ayou squint her eyes, but she still stared at Edogawa Ranpo, like an elderly mentor.

"I see that the Armed Detective Agency is a very good place, and Luanpo is very happy to be there. And if you want someone who can support you for a lifetime, I believe that Luanpo can find it."

"No……"

Edogawa ranpo gritted his teeth and denied such a thing.

"How could there be another person like a small shopkeeper!"

The person who tolerated him like that...

"All I need is a small shopkeeper!"

That's how he said the willful words.

Ayou smiled and stopped entangled in this matter.At the end of life, it is better not to quarrel.

The temperature in his hand was getting colder and colder, Edogawa Ranpo's heart was getting heavier, and the despair in his eyes began to permeate everywhere. At this moment, he heard the voice of hope.

"Random!"

It's like the gleam of morning light at dawn in a dark night where no fingers are visible, just the moment you see it, hope rises thereupon.

The name of that hope is:

——With Yosano Akiko.

"Here! Quick!"

Edogawa Ranpo waved eagerly at her, the anxiety was self-evident.Yosano Akiko didn't even need him to say anything, she just stepped forward, and the supernatural power quickly acted on the dying Ayou.

【Please do not die】

Ayou...Ayou came back to life with a dazed face full of blood!

"Fuck!"

Swiping up and sitting up, Ayou touched her intact chest and only had mmp in her heart.

Are you kidding me? ? ! ! !

The shocked look was in stark contrast to Edogawa Ranpo who was holding her and crying loudly.

At this moment, Yosano Akiko smiled slightly, her voice filled with an inexplicable blackness.

"I remembered too."

Ayou: "..."

What the hell is it today, hello! ! !

The illusion dealt with all the melon-eaters, and by the way, he also dealt with his blood-stained clothes. After changing into new clothes, Ayou just sat with the two of them in a nearby dessert shop.

For a moment, the atmosphere was extremely... dignified.

Well, except for the fact that Edogawa Ranbufei grabbed Ayou's arm and didn't let go.

"So how did you remember it?"

She counted the people who recovered their memories, Oda Sakunosuke Sawada Tsunayoshi Rokudoku Pryan, plus the extra Edogawa Ranpo and Yosano Akiko, they have nothing in common at all!

Originally, it could be said that they were all gangsters, but now that the two are added, even the only one thing in common is gone!

"It's obvious."

Edogawa Ranpo held Ayu's hand tightly with his right hand, and moved closer to Ayou.

"It's just stimulation. If you are stimulated, your memory will be restored."

"Stimulate……"

Ayou silently thought of 'stimulation', and unconsciously thought of Osamu Dazai.

"But Mr. Dazai and I committed suicide together, and he has no signs of recovering his memory."

I really recovered my memory, so I have to inquire about Oda Sakunosuke's information non-stop!

"It's kind of hard to get him excited."

Edogawa rubbed his chin in disorder, recalling Dazai Osamu's message.

"I'm afraid it's not because there are too many suicides. Ordinary suicides don't stimulate him at all."

"That's it."

Ayu nodded thoughtfully.

"I can rest assured that."

Was it a matter of mental capacity?

I really believe in Edogawa Ranpo's reasoning, but the key trouble at this time is also Edogawa Ranpo.

Thinking of this, Ayou coughed lightly.

"In this case, we can only talk openly and honestly."

Yosano Akiko narrowed her eyes slightly.

"my pleasure."

"and also."

Ayou held Edogawa Ranpo's hand that was trying to grab his arm.

"Ranpo, can you sit by Akiko's side?"

"Never!"

Insatiable, he turned around Ayou's whole body, and Edogawa Ranpo rubbed against her like a big cat.

Ayou: "..."

Where did this coquettish monster come from! ! !

Unable to resist stroking Chaotic Meow's hair, Ayou withdrew her hand a little guilty, and put on a serious look.

She pulled/□□ ruthlessly pushed Edogawa Ranpo away, her voice full of 'coldness'.

"Then it's time to talk about business, and you sit down for me."

"……Oh."

Realizing that he really couldn't entangle any more, Edogawa Ranpo withdrew his hand aggrievedly, he moved and sat next to Yosano Akiko, and at the end he whispered quietly with your cold, heartless, unreasonable eyes He glanced at Ayou.

However, Ayou had no emotion, so she turned a blind eye.

"Then let's get down to business."

Ayou knocked on the table and looked at the two people opposite.

"You guys, what do you want to know?"

Edogawa Ranpo's eyes suddenly became serious, he took out his glasses from his pocket, and put them on his face.

"It's a question of memory first."

Pointing to his own head, Edogawa Ranpo's eyes were full of puzzlement and some unbelievable guesses.

"It's unbelievable that I can hide from my [super reasoning]. Who, or what kind of existence, did such a thing, and what is the purpose of this existence? Why are you, the shopkeeper, so special."

"as well as……"

The transparent lenses flickered, and Edogawa Ranbu's blue eyes were full of calmness.

"—who else?"