what's wrong with my vest

It has been a while since Kunikida Doppo published the "Declaration of Acceptance".

During this period, Sakurai Yao got along pretty well with everyone... It may not look like it to outsiders, but Sakurai Yao has indeed developed some secret habits with everyone in the detective agency that only his own people know. tacit agreement.

such as--

Atsushi Nakajima almost helplessly begged Sakurai Yao carefully: "... Can you stop stealing Mr. Ranpo's snacks today? You don't want to eat it, and you always secretly tear open the package and throw it to me. Mr. Ranpo has been eating snacks recently. Started to have a problem with me..."

Yoshi Sakurai rolled the dice silently, and made an obvious and contrived "cut" after throwing two sixes.

"!" Nakajima Atsushi was stunned, "This also needs to be rolled? Did you just want to kill me??!"

Well, this little habit might not be so secretive, and it's clearly not a good habit either.

But everyone in the detective agency didn't take Sakurai Yoshi's unfriendly little actions to heart, and even let the situation develop with a child's grown-up mentality.

For example, right now, Osamu Dazai is smiling happily.

Just when laughter (?) occupied the office where the serious work should be, Kunikida Doppo suddenly appeared.

And the appearance of this man usually means work.

Sure enough, the first thing Kunikida did when he walked in alone was to clear his throat, interrupting the peaceful (??) scene.

Seeing everyone's attention focused on himself, Kunikida did not make any detours, and straight-forwardly explained his intentions: "Stop making trouble, and come out to work."

Before everyone could react, he went on to explain and added more information: "Everyone must come to the meeting room, and no one is missing."

"This task is not easy."

……

In the dim conference room, the dim light of the projector is the only light in this space. The photos of the crime scene are projected on the big screen one by one. Physiological discomfort.

——There were two victims, one male and one female. They were hung in the air like marionettes, dressed as judges, and held a golden balance in their hands.

And that balance is the source of everyone's discomfort.

The victim's own brain was placed on the left side of the scale, and the victim's own heart was placed on the right side.

The two organs were treated very clean, they should have been processed by special means, not only did they not oxidize, they even looked very fresh, almost as if they had just been taken out of the human body.

The prisoner also deliberately decorated the organs with flowers, which almost made people think that this was a well-prepared gift.

If you can bear the discomfort in your heart and observe more carefully, you will find subtle differences in the "design" of the two corpses.

——On the female side of the scale, the heart is at the bottom and the brain is at the top, while the male side is the opposite.

The meaning behind the heart and the brain has appeared in many literary works, and it is not difficult to guess——

There is an [-]% possibility, and the two correspond to "reason" and "emotion" respectively.

In front of the round table, Kunikida Doppo continued to explain: "Just yesterday, there was a "twin incident" in Yokohama City... The predicted time of the incident is almost the same, and the method is exactly the same. The only difference is what is shown in the photo. "

"The victims were a man and a woman, and the balance showed the opposite result... The scene was very clean, and the police did not collect any useful information. In short, based on years of experience, we took a few chapters in suspicious places, and the specific details We have to wait until we arrive at the scene to have a detailed discussion..."

Sakurai didn't intend to listen to the rest, he took out the dice, and without any intention of avoiding the crowd, he directly threw the dice that had a very high appearance rate recently on the table.

Seeing Sakurai's actions, everyone who felt a little tricky because the case was not going well was instantly relieved.

They sighed one after another—it turned out that even if the police did not find any clues, Mr. Ranpo could still restore the truth of the case with the help of a few photos.

Everyone in the detective agency did not come to this conclusion based on groundless reasons—during the short time they spent together, every time "Edogawa Ranpo" rolled the dice, it was with a clear goal... In the current situation Rolling the dice in this case obviously means that you already know who the murderer is, right?

Just when the members of the Armed Detective Agency further deified Edogawa Ranpo in their hearts, the dice slowly stopped.

Probably with a certain amount of force, the square dice rolled two more times than usual before stopping. Looking at the final result, Sakurai fell into deep thought.

After discovering Yoshi Sakurai's actions, everyone in the detective agency was not surprised at first... Almost every time he encounters a case, Yoshi Sakurai will roll the dice-he doesn't necessarily have any thoughts about the suspect, but I don't know why It's not because I've never actually rolled two points before, so I always want to try it habitually.

Everyone in the detective agency, who thought it was the same this time, unconsciously glanced at Ranpo Edogawa.

They didn't set their sights on Mr. Ranpo for any purpose at first, they just glanced at him habitually, but when they realized that the information extracted from their sight was different from what they imagined, everyone in the detective agency instantly became alert.

For some unknown reason, Ranpo Edogawa was frowning and looking at Yo Sakurai, it didn't look like he had come to the same conclusion.

Everyone's faces became serious in an instant.

Fukuzawa Yukichi directly asked the two mainstays of the detective agency - the only two famous detectives: "Do you know who the criminal is?"

Although there was already a guess in the bottom of my heart, when I saw Edogawa shaking his head in disorder, everyone had a slight difference at first, and then quickly adjusted their mentality.

——Yes, Mr. Ranpo is not a real god, and it is impossible to be omniscient. The so-called reasoning needs to have enough information to support it. How can it be possible to reason directly when there is nothing now? What's the result?

But in this case, the behavior of "Edogawa Ranpo" cannot be explained.

The eyes of everyone in the detective agency moved back and forth between the two famous detectives, and the focus of their attention...Mr. Ranpo was still staring at Sakurai, looking up and down, while Sakurai Yo himself watched silently being thrown out in front of him. Two four-point dice, no words.

At the critical moment, Edogawa Ranpo did not disappoint everyone's expectations, and quickly grasped something from it, and began to reason:

"There is no useful information in the photos sent by the police, they can only be regarded as strange landscape photos. Kunikida Doppo didn't even mention the suspect, and you immediately identified the murderer..."

"There is almost no difference in reasoning ability between us. There is no case that you can solve but I can't." Edogawa Ranpo's tone was extremely firm - after all, what he said was true.

"Then, what caused the current result can only be the gap in the amount of information between the two of us."

As he said that, Edogawa Ranpo raised two fingers: "There are two possibilities: the first one, this case happened exactly the same in your world; the second one—"

"The police didn't find any clues. It's not because the culprits were very smart this time, or because the policemen were blind and missed all the clues this time, but because of something else..." He opened his eyes, Bi The green eyes looked at Sakurai without blinking, trying to capture the most subtle changes in the other party.

"'No clues' itself is the biggest clue...through this, you directly locked the prisoner. "

Speaking of this, Kunikida Doppo also understood, he hurriedly confirmed to Edogawa Ranpo: "You mean, the prisoner in this case is a person with supernatural powers?"

Edogawa Ranpo thought for a while, then shook his head, and corrected Kunikida Doppo's statement: "It is not necessarily the criminal himself...but among the criminal's accomplices or partners, there must be someone who has the ability to erase criminal evidence." "Or people with similar abilities. "

The ability to "erase criminal evidence"?

Without evidence, even Mr. Ranpo would be helpless, right?

The people who didn't know the specific ability of Sakurai were a little worried about the progress of the case, but they were quickly attracted by more important things - this ability is extremely dangerous, and they have never heard of it before. Appearing... Will there be a bigger conspiracy hidden behind this?

Atsushi Nakajima, who had seen that Sakurai can make a small policeman close a case without evidence, was stunned for a moment, feeling that he had caught something.

Osamu Dazai, who knows more, has not spoken for a long time.

It took a long time before Sakurai Kato responded belatedly to the slightly worried eyes of the crowd.

"You guessed right." Sakurai Masaki began to explain as if awakened from a dream, "This is the supernatural ability of the "Reality Alteration Department", a supernatural ability called heresy...my reasoning ability is just" "Technology", no matter what, it can't match the ability of "reality altering system". "

"No matter how powerful a famous detective is, it is impossible to violate the laws of the world*."

The words of "Edogawa Ranpo" have revealed everything they need to know.

He had encountered this person with supernatural powers before, and was defeated by the other party—or at least he suffered because of the other party's supernatural powers. Even the incident that happened in the other party's world, which led to the complete destruction of the armed detective agency, was probably related to this People with different abilities cannot be separated from the relationship.

Now, all the clues are connected... Although the details are not clear yet, the logical chain has basically been completed.

——In the face of this almost unsolvable supernatural ability, "Edogawa Ranpo" spared no effort to obtain the qualification to compete head-on with the opponent.

Atsushi Nakajima's throat was a little dry. This fact was too heavy. He didn't want to believe the truth he deduced, so he asked directly: "Is your ability born to fight against him?"

"It doesn't matter what these things are," Sakurai waved his hands indifferently, "In short, let's assign work first! I'm going to the man's side!"

Atsushi Nakajima wanted to continue asking, but he suddenly realized——

Even after paying such a price, the other party still failed to save his important partners.

That's why he's so positive.

Because of the experience, "Edogawa Ranpo" knows well——

I can't bear the second price.

The author has something to say:

The knife you want (this is the first one, if you think you don’t want a knife, you can wait later)

I'm finally home. Traveling these days almost didn't kill me. I'm much more tired than going to work (

感谢在2021-05-0322:23:50~2021-05-0422:31:38期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1 clean starry sky;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：钥蛊51瓶；安藤铃奈20瓶；「琉影」10瓶；可可爱爱没有脑袋8瓶；半5瓶；月青西、麒御1瓶；

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!