Yokohama High School of Magic

The room itself is not dark, you can feel the touch of the sun on the skin.

However, it was pitch black in front of his eyes, and the soft cloth took away his vision. His hands were tied behind the chair, and a soft cloth was thoughtfully sandwiched inside to avoid rubbing the skin of his wrists.

Deprived of vision, hearing becomes more acute.

Faint conversations and footsteps could be heard outside the door.

"There is no record from the government... Appeared out of thin air..."

"The dagger is indeed..."

"The ability is similar to the spirit of speech..."

"Say nothing..."

The sound of the door opening sounded, and the footsteps got closer and closer until they stopped in front of him.The visitor didn't take off his blindfold directly, but first closed the curtain next to him.

The soft cloth that deprived the view was removed.The windows in the room were drawn with heavy curtains, and the light became dim. The pupils that regained their light did not feel uncomfortable.

The dog curled up and blinked belatedly.

In front of his eyes, the black-haired boy in a plaid shawl was leaning against the door. He didn't try to hide it, but looked up and down at the dog curly thorn, showing an expression of interest.

"I suggest you not to act rashly." Kunikida Dupo stood beside the chair and pushed his glasses, "The guards with earplugs are behind the monitoring, and they will shoot at any time if the situation is wrong."

In the corner of the wall, the monitor flashed a continuous and irregular red light.

The dog Curly Ridge's gaze paused for a while on the monitor.

Edogawa walked slowly towards the dog that was tied to the chair, and bent down, his emerald-like pupils looked at the purple pupils without hindrance.

"interesting."

He was obviously kidnapped, but he didn't show any panic at all, and the first reaction when he regained his vision was also very interesting.

The two were too close, and the eyes of the other party were full of interest, which made the dog curl back and hide uncomfortably.

With an unknown tone coming from his nasal cavity, Ranpo Edogawa stood up straight, not interested in wasting time, and went straight to the point: "Where did you send me?"

Even so, the Armed Detective Agency has no intention of giving a pen and paper to a dog that cannot speak normally.

In front of him, a smiling detective pointed a finger, "Answer one, portMafia"

Second finger, "Answer two, military or government"

The third finger, "Answer three, other organizations within Yokohama"

Fourth finger, "Answer four, organization outside Yokohama"

"..."

Edogawa raised his eyebrows in disorder, "Outside Yokohama."

Born to be dazzled: ...?

I was like, what, didn't say anything?

"Next question—"

Just as the young man in a plaid shawl was about to continue, there was a loud bang suddenly outside the door, and the vibration like an explosion was transmitted along the ground.

"Mr. Ranpo! Mr. Kunikida!"

The closed wooden door was slammed open, and the person who came in had orange hair and was wearing a thin white shirt, with a panicked expression, "The detective agency is under attack!"

"What!" The man in the proper corset was startled, and ran towards the door without hesitation, "Who is the attacker!"

"I don't know yet!"

There were violent explosions outside the door from time to time, and occasional angry reprimands.

The situation looked extremely dire.

Except for the blinding little robot that no one can see, it floats in the mid-air of the room, looking down on everyone in the room, "The fit person, the important person 'Edogawa Ranpo' is watching you."

Naturally blinded by the door, Kunikida Doppo and the orange-haired boy were talking anxiously, and it didn't seem too surprising: "Well, he thought the person who attacked the detective agency was the person behind me." When coincidence, human nature.

However, the little robot denied him.

"Actually, fitter." The voice of the machine did not fluctuate at all, "According to the comparison, the coordinates you are in now are not an armed detective agency."

Born to be dazzled: ... huh?

An electronic map appeared in front of me out of thin air, far away from the city center, "You are now on the fourth floor of an abandoned building on the outskirts of Yokohama."

...Ah this.

Naturally eye-catching and complex expressions.

"...So, no one attacked the Armed Detective Agency at all?" Is it all their play?

The little robot floated in mid-air, "A member of the Armed Detective Agency, the important person 'Tanizaki Junichiro' has the special ability 'Xiyuki', the specific function is to create illusions in a certain space." It didn't say it bluntly, but this sentence That in itself is a sure thing.

"..." Good guy.

The dog Juanji pursed his lips, but did not make a sound.

He was still tied to the chair, and the rope around his wrist was tied tightly, and it became tighter when he moved a little.

Edogawa was leaning against the bookcase in the room in disorder, and Komaki subconsciously avoided his sight.Knowing that the chaos outside the door was an illusion, he always felt a sense of crisis that he was being seen through.

Amidst the noise outside the door, a clear female shout suddenly came: "Mr. Dazai! Information! Information about 'Tiger'!"

Immediately afterwards, there was a calm and careful voice: "Dun Jun, that document is very important, and the hostage's life can be sacrificed if necessary."

In contrast, the boy's voice was flustered, but he refused like a conditioned reflex: "No!"

"Dun Jun, I understand how you feel. But sometimes, some things are more valuable than life."

Osamu Dazai's voice was flat.

"That document contains information about 'Tiger' and 'Book'. If the other party gets 'Book', more innocent lives will be sacrificed than this."

"but I"

The teenager was obviously in a state of confusion and panic, confused and struggling.

"Dazai-kun!"

"Dazai! What are you waiting for!"

"Dun Jun, make a decision quickly."

"I……"

A girl's scream pierced the tension in the room.

"I……!"

There was a sudden silence outside the door.

Gou Juanji's eyes were dead, wondering if he should react to this logical skit.

Seeing the expression on the dog curly spine, Edogawa Ranpo raised his eyebrows.

"Mr. Ranpo."

The door was opened again, and it was still the same orange-haired boy who carefully poked his head out from behind the door frame, with a flustered expression, "We..."

"No need to pretend."

Tanizaki Junichiro was taken aback by Edogawa's random voice.

"Eh... eh?"

"The opponent's target is not 'tiger', nor is it 'book'."

Edogawa stood up straight in disorder, and walked towards the door with a careless voice.

"Hand him over to the military."

"Mr. Ranpo!" Tanizaki Junichiro quickly glanced at the well-behaved and pitiful white-haired boy tied to the chair, with a tangled expression, "This..."

What if it's just an ordinary citizen... Although he has supernatural powers, it was a legitimate defense under the circumstances at the time...

However, the supernatural ability of 'Yan Ling' which is biased towards mind control...it is indeed safer to be controlled by the military, whether it is for Yokohama or himself...

Tanizaki Junichiro's expression became more and more tangled.

The detective who went straight to the door did not look back.

"The opponent's target is an armed detective agency, and has a certain degree of combat power." At least the opponent is confident that he can retreat unscathed when the ability is invalid.

Not only that, but the absence of any record speaks for itself, whether or not the government deliberately concealed it.

If the government has no intention of concealing it, combined with the knife, it means that the other party has intelligence processing logistics and a considerable degree of weapon supply chain that can hide from the government.

If the above two conditions are met at the same time, and there is still a certain combat power, the target is an unknown organization of the Armed Detective Agency, and the degree of difficulty will rise sharply.

Under this premise, intelligence collection and supernatural power control are the fields that the military is best at.As a government agency, if there is no problem with the psychic speaker and the organization behind him, the military and police will naturally deal with it appropriately.

...If the government intends to conceal it, an armed detective agency with no known enemy or friend can't control the other side for too long without evidence.

The person who speaks psychic powers did not panic after learning of the existence of the nullified power; the direction of the muscles on his body; the weapon is a dagger instead of a gun, all of which show that he is not the type that relies entirely on supernatural powers.

But he looked like he had lost his ability and had no resistance, and he followed to the 'Armed Detective Agency' without any resistance. The first reaction he opened his eyes was 'curiosity'.

——It explained that the other party's purpose was precisely to get close to the Armed Detective Agency.

What Edogawa Ranpo is doing now is to spread risks.

"!" Junichiro Tanizaki's expression changed suddenly. Although he didn't expect Edogawa to have so many random steps, the fact that "the target is an armed detective agency" is enough to bring vigilance to his eyes.

"I see, I will contact the military now."

It seemed that everyone at the scene understood the situation, only the dog Juanji, who was tied to a chair and was about to be sent to the military to lock up, slowly raised a question mark.

...But I haven't said a single word since I was brought here?