The world's No.1 detective doll

"Huh? What is this?"

On the streets of Yokohama at dusk, pedestrians hurried past with tired expressions, and no one noticed the doll the size of a girl's palm in front of the dessert shop.

It looks like the surroundings of a detective character, probably a handsome Gao Sheng or something.

but……

The doll's cheeks and clothes are clean and new, and it doesn't look like it has been discarded.

Sakurako Kasuga pinned her sweat-soaked hair behind her ears, and squatted down to observe the doll lying flat on the ground in the shape of a "big" character.

Hey~ It's quite cute.

Yingzi couldn't hold back her surging girlish heart, couldn't help reaching out to pick up the soft lump on the ground, and carefully looked at the facial features of the doll.

The workmanship is exquisite.

wait... this feeling...

is it hot? !

"Finally someone found this detective!"

A warm and clear voice came out from the doll's opening and closing mouths. Yingzi blinked for a while, then screamed suddenly and threw the contents out, and her body was so frightened that she stood up and took a few steps back.

The puppet has spoken!

"Oh, it hurts, it hurts—"

Pedestrians on the street were all attracted by Sakurako's sudden scream. The girl covered her cheeks with a little shyness and then turned her eyes to the puppet that fell on the steps—sit up? !

"Idiot! Why did you suddenly throw this detective out!"

"Ah, I'm sorry, are you..."

Yingzi subconsciously apologized repeatedly to the other party, but just halfway through the apology, the girl realized that something was wrong.

"You're talking? You're the one talking, right?"

"Are you an idiot?" The puppet stood up and patted off the dust on the clothes, then stretched and rubbed the painful buttocks and looked up at Yingzi, "I'm sorry for using the interrogative sentence, but you are an idiot."

What kind of fantasy plot is this?

Sakurako Kasuga was confused.

Could it be that her busy work without her feet touching the ground made her brain not clear, so she had hallucinations?

Yingzi shook her head, then began to look left and right to look at the passing pedestrians.

None of the old and young men and women who came and went noticed the situation here, as if she was the only one who could hear the doll talking.

Yingzi raised and rubbed her eyes again, the doll standing on the steps was stuffing both pockets, staring at her with dissatisfaction.

The shadows of the doll and the girl were reflected on the glass of the dessert shop, Sakura squatted down and stretched out her hands to pick up the doll again.

"You... are you a monster?"

"This detective is the world's number one famous detective Edogawa Ranpo-sama!"

Isn't that a character in a novel?Oh wait, is it a character or a writer?

"Is this your character design? Which anime are you from? Or from a novel?"

"What kind of character design, a famous detective is a famous detective!"

Detective?

The appearance of the young man with the mustache quickly appeared in Yingzi's mind.

The only famous detective she knows is Kogoro Mori.

Maybe Shinichi Kudo, who is in her class, can also be counted as one?Don't newspapers often say that, "the savior of the Japanese police" and "Sherlock Holmes of Heisei" and the like.

Ah, if Kudo Shinichi is considered a detective, then perhaps Hattori Heiji from Kansai could also be on the list?There is also Sera Masumi who transferred from another school not long ago...

Looking at it this way, it seems that there are still many famous detectives?

However, the famous detective of <The World's Number One>...does it have to be Kogoro Mori?

Sure enough, the characters in the anime crossed over to the dolls around him. Due to the difference in the timeline and worldview, he mistakenly thought that he was also "the world's number one famous detective" in a different world. Certainly……

"So, uh, this... Mr. Detective Edogawa..."

"It's Detective Ranpo-sama!"

……

ok.

"So Detective Ranpo-sama, how did you become like this?"

"How would I know! This detective just finished the case and wanted to buy a donut to eat, but he ended up walking like this!"

Unaware of what happened?

But... handle the case?

Sakura subconsciously recalled the murder that happened in a nearby street an hour ago.

The reason why this story spread so quickly and so shockingly was not just because of the sudden and inexplicable death of two people in a coffee shop.The most important thing is that it took only one minute for the detectives hired by the police to deduce the murderer, and he explained the modus operandi and the psychology of the crime exactly.

"Mr. Ranpo—"

"Dessert shop..."

"Mr. Kunikida, is this here?"

"The address written on the email from Mr. Ranpo is right here."

Mr. Ranpo?

Yingzi reacted for a while and then looked down at the doll. As expected, the other party struggled in her body when she heard the words "Mr. Ranpo".

Sakurako held the doll's waist and abdomen with both hands to prevent him from falling to the ground again, but the doll kept waving its short, soft arms and legs.

"The detective is here! Here!"

The super loud yelling of the puppet startled the girl, Sakurako felt her ears were buzzing, but the two young men were still looking around as if they hadn't heard anything.

"That, what you are looking for..." Yingzi stepped forward hesitantly, and handed the doll in front of the tall young man wearing glasses, "Is that him?"

The human idol kept waving his arms like a rambunctious elementary school student, and the two young people opposite looked at Ying Zishuang with strange eyes.

"This is……"

"I just picked it up in front of the dessert shop. He said he is the world's number one detective, Edogawa Rampo-sama."

"He says?"

"Yes."

Sakurako turned her wrist so that the doll's face was aimed at herself, glanced at the doll's expression, and then turned him back.

"He said it."

Kunikida pushed his eyes on the bridge of his nose, staring at the doll with a serious expression.

On the contrary, Dun couldn't help poking the doll's soft cheek, and then a trace of doubt and curiosity appeared on his face, "Although it is indeed exactly the same as Mr. Ranpo, but...it's just a doll."

"Hey?"

Unbelievably, Yingzi turned the puppet around and let him face her, her bright eyes kept looking at the small ball inside.

"Don't keep turning Detective around, you idiot!"

"Ah sorry!"

Kunikida and Atsushi's expressions became even more strange.

Yingzi didn't notice the unspeakable expressions of the two young people opposite, she turned her eyes away from the doll and turned to the person in front of her.

"But I did hear him talk, and he's still... moving, moving."

Just as Kunikida was about to say something, he was interrupted by the sudden ringing of the bell. On the screen was a notification that he had received a new email, and the sender was exactly the Mr. Ranpo they had been looking for.

After quickly reading the email, Kunikida's expression became a little dignified.

Kunikida lowered his head, and the doll was holding the mini that had also shrunk and suddenly appeared.

"What, what's the matter, Mr. Kunikida?"

It was an email from Mr. Ranpo, who said that the doll in the girl was indeed him.

He shrinks into a doll without warning, whether it is a supernatural phenomenon or a supernatural phenomenon, this needs the help of Sakurako.

At present, only Sakurako can see his movements and hear his voice, while in the eyes of others, he seems to be just an ordinary doll.

Mr. Ranpo speculates that maybe because Sakurako was the first person to touch him, some kind of special bond was established between the two of them.

Of course, there is also a possibility that this incident was completely planned by the girl in front of me, a kind of ability to "turn others into dolls" or something.

Although they have never met, it is not ruled out that the other party is an enemy of the Armed Detective Agency, a member of Hong Kong gangsters or other organizations.

But no matter what the truth is, they all need Sakurako.

So, Kunikida pushed the glasses and stood up straight, and handed the glasses to Sakurako, "Hello, I'm Kunikida Doppo from the Armed Detective Agency."

Seeing the sudden appearance, Yingzi was stunned, and there was a trace of entanglement and hesitation in front of her, but she paused for a few seconds, and then stretched out.

The girl's soft fingertips just lightly touched Kunikida's palm and left quickly.

"I am... Sakurako Kasuga."

Yingzi thought for a long time but didn't think that she had any powerful prefix, so she just pronounced her own name.

Seeing this, Atsushi reached out to Sakurako, "Ah hello! I'm Atsushi Shima of the Armed Detective Agency."

In the same way of holding it as soon as you touch it, Sakurako nodded with a smile, "Hello."

Kunikida concealed the part about Sakurako, and simply stated Mr. Ranpo's reasoning to her, Sakurako blinked.

"So in your eyes I've been talking to a doll?"

"Uh, yes."

Wait, the focus seems wrong?

"It's like this." Kunikida interrupted the strange communication between Sakurako and Atsushi, "Because the reason for this kind of thing is still unclear, so I would like to trouble you and us to go back to the detective agency to investigate, is that okay?"

Sakura subconsciously took out a glance at the time displayed on the screen - 1:45

It's not too late.

She is not good at rejecting other people's requests.

What's more... Without her, they wouldn't be able to communicate with this Mr. Ranpo, right?

The doll in it seems to have consumed too much energy due to the non-stop thrashing and struggling just now, and now it is nestled in her palm a little disgruntled.

The dark soft short hair stuck on the skin was a little itchy, the two short arms of the puppet hugged Yingzi's thumb, he seemed to be very dissatisfied with his current state, his cheeks were bulging with anger stand up.

...Okay, so cute.

"Miss Haruhi?"

"what?"

Kunikida's voice pulled Sakurako back from her thoughts, and she remembered that she hadn't answered the other party yet.

Sakura put it back in her pocket and nodded.

"of course can."