Leader Zai and Despair Raids the World

On the third day it started to rain.

The sky is covered with a thin layer of gray, but the part close to the sky still maintains a transparent blue.

Every day, every minute, every second of Yokohama Midea is the same.

Her tranquility and danger, loneliness and madness are only shown to those who can understand her.

And only Yokohama people can understand the beauty of Yokohama.

——Obviously, the man is one of them.

Today, when the soles of the shoes were stepped on the stone road, the friction sound was not too loud; when the detour was walking along the coastline, the waves beat against the stone wall and made a steady washing sound; the light rain slowly soaked the fabric on the forehead and shoulders , when you look through the rain curtain, it's like a thin layer of mist, and everything looks gentle.When I was about to go around the cafe, I saw a white-haired boy in a black coat without an umbrella walking towards him from a distance. If possible, I really hope to buy him a cup of coffee.

'Vortex' coffee shop overflows with the aroma of finely ground coffee beans.Bitter, rich, with a little aftertaste.Just like his life.

The man stepped up the steps, and walked steadily up to the fourth floor without stopping.

Standing at the door of the Armed Detective Agency, the man patted his shoulders left and right to wipe off the moisture brought by the rain; he lowered his head and checked the confidential documents in his arms, and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that they were intact.

For some reason, he stood at the door and hesitated for a second inexplicably.

Although the supernatural power didn't sound any siren, the man confirmed it like this for no reason:

Today, ----- will definitely end smoothly.

The wind chime on the door swayed lightly.

"I'm back," the man said.At the same time, he was genuinely surprised.

In the Armed Detective Agency, almost all important members have come, except Edogawa Ranpo.

This is also a matter of course.After all, Mr. Ranpo went on a business trip non-stop after he assisted him in breaking through the security of the Supernatural Secret Service Division remotely.

"I don't know what's going to happen," Mr. Ranpo said in his last phone call, "but it's almost over.—that's what I figured."

The man was extremely surprised, but his voice was still calm and he asked, "Mr. Ranpo, don't you know?"

"It's 'I can't know'! Stupid!" Ranpo muttered angrily on the other end, and said something like "stupid", "fool", "I'm so angry for various reasons!" and so on. Words he couldn't understand at all.

But Luanbu quickly calmed down again.

"Anyway, let Yokohama be entrusted to another person." Ranpo said.It was rare that he even sounded serious, "What you say, just do it according to your heart. Just remember: you are a member of the Armed Detective Agency."

"As for the remaining obstacles blocking the middle of the road..."

"Leave it to that guy. ——Although I haven't met him before."

Leaving such a seemingly irresponsible sentence, Edogawa Luanbu hung up the phone with a "snap", leaving only the inorganic busy tone of "beep beep beep" coming from the handset.

The man listened to the phone blankly for two seconds, then put away the phone in his right hand and the pistol in his left hand without pausing.

His work is done.Next, follow Edogawa Ranpo's arrangement.

Like every member of the Armed Detective Agency, he also wholeheartedly trusted the great detective who saw the truth at a glance.

... This also led to the rare gaffe of a man at the moment.

Of course, his gaffe refers to the twitch of the little finger. Everyone in the room just turned their heads to look at it and then went on to do their own things: Tanizaki Junichiro and his younger sister Naomi bent over and rummaged through a thick pile on the coffee table. In the document, Miyazawa Kenji seems to have just come out of the field in the morning, and is slapping his straw hat covered with clods. It is rare to get up early and Dr. Yosano is yawning, holding a cup of espresso and pouring it proudly. Dubu was holding tightly the handbook with "Ideal" written on the cover with one hand, and covered his face with the other hand as if he wanted to suffocate himself to death - he was standing next to the sofa - while the person lying on the sofa that person……

It was the only one in the room who noticed his gaffe.

The man was lying stiffly on the sofa, with long hands and long legs, with his head on one end and his feet on the other, like dried fish that had been dried on the beach for a long time; he rested his hands and fingers peacefully on his chest, With his professional eyes, there was no ups and downs in the past, as if he was completely dead——

The man jumped up from the sofa with a "chuckle", rushed over and grabbed his hand and shook him violently: "It's a pleasure to meet you, you are the well-known member of the Armed Detective Agency, Oda Saku... ? I'm so touched!"

The man, Sakunosuke Oda, was taken aback again: This person's voice is so hoarse that he has swallowed charcoal from hell, which is really rare.Could it be that he came to the detective agency to seek help from Dr. Xie Ye?

Thinking of this, Oda Sakunosuke replied: "It's just a small investigator, not a big name."

The man said with a smile on his face, "Where is it, compared to someone like me... must have experienced a lot of legends, right? Please let me listen carefully!"

Oda Sakunosuke opened his mouth: "...That's not the case. Compared with that, the ordeal of chasing and feeding fifteen children every day is more difficult than the power battle."

The man laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up: "It's so hard? But there's no way, right?"

Oda Sakunosuke nodded sympathetically: "There is really no other way."

The man laughed so hard he started banging on the wall.

Kunikida Doppo: "."

Kunikida Dobubu: "..."

Kunikida Doppo: "………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

The common-sense person who has been persecuted repeatedly went crazy. He almost hit the two people's faces with "ideal", and his hands were shaking with anger: "Oda! Are you not surprised at all?" He wanted to grab his colleague's shoulder and slam Shake: "Are you too nervous to save? I will ask Dr. Xie Ye to check it from the inside out!"

Xie Ye immediately raised his spirits: "Who wants to check?"

At the same time, Sakunosuke explained in vain: "I was surprised. Really."

really.The person who appeared out of nowhere during the three days when Oda Sakunosuke was on the mission looked suspicious indeed.

Sand windbreaker, beige casual pants, black leather shoes.

A suit shirt with a waistcoat and a polo tie with sapphires around the collar.

And on the head—a brown paper bag is covered, no one can see that face, and they don't know how to see the road.

...Who is this.Where did the joke come from?

Another common-sense member of the detective agency sneaked over, tugged on the sleeve of Oda Sakunosuke, and explained in his ear: "This is a temporary investigator who joined two days ago. After the president's talk, he was granted permission to enter." The young man The person with the supernatural ability lowered his voice and whispered: "I heard that Mr. Ranpo also made a promise..."

Oda Sakunosuke's heart skipped a beat: This must be the person Ranpo was referring to on the phone.

"What's your name?" Oda also lowered his voice and asked quietly.

However, this member of the temporary detective agency who was (finally) being strangled by Kunikida Doppo's neck and shook violently, obviously had very good ears, and even if he was pinched almost silently, he would hold the paper bag tightly with one hand and turn his head desperately Come:

"'Tsushima Shuji'!" The man shouted with his hoarse throat, laughing non-stop as if telling a peerless joke:

"Just call me 'Shuji Tsushima'—"

... This person, what is he playing with a three-dimensional literary meme that only he understands.

Kunikida Doppo stared angrily, "You idiot, you laugh when you mention your name! What's wrong?"

"Since this guy came to the Armed Detective Agency, my timetable has never been accurate!! I was already verifying the information brought back by Oda's infiltration at this time as planned--by the way, Oda," Kunikida turned back Come to ask, with a straight face, but still can't help showing concern: "Is the mission going well?"

"Successful." Oda Sakunosuke replied, and said frankly by the way: "You two have a really good relationship."

"what?!"

"Who do you have a good relationship with??"

Shuji Tsushima and Doppo Kunikida spoke at the same time, and Kunikida put down his hands like an electric shock, and took three steps back: "Oda, don't talk nonsense!"

Oda Sakunosuke was confused, and couldn't help but stare at the others seriously for empathy: "Did I say something wrong?"

Yosano Akiko smiled meaningfully.

Tanizaki Junichiro smoothed things over with a dry smile: "This...that...we all respect, Mr. Tsushima..."

The cheerful Kenji Miyazawa gave the final blow: "Isn't this like a family!"

The boy who put on the straw hat again smiled brightly.

"It's like the brook seeps into the soil and the fallen leaves return to the earth. It's a good thing that Mr. Tsushima has been integrated into it from the very beginning!" Kenji Miyazawa laughed, "When Mr. Akutagawa finds his sister with peace of mind, let's all come together Let's celebrate! I will prepare the most delicious beef rice bowl!"

Everyone echoed this sentence with words, and Oda Sakunosuke looked around thoughtfully, and precisely fixed on Shuji Tsushima's head... no, the paper bag.

"What's wrong, Odasaku?"

the man asked him.

Even though the voice was still so hoarse and unpleasant, he actually felt a little sad from it, and couldn't help but feel that his nerves were too sensitive.

But no matter how you think about it, it's too rude to ask such inquisitive questions to someone you're meeting for the first time.

Oda Sakunosuke gave up the slight abnormality he noticed for a moment, and asked a little confused, "'Oda Saku', are you calling me?"

"Yeah." Shuji Tsushima said with a smile, "Can't you...?"

This sentence was spoken so smoothly that no one could hear the slightest tremor, but Oda Sakunosuke inexplicably felt that the person in front of him was holding his breath. ... He must have been exhausted from the three-day mission and lost his mind.

Hearing this rhetorical question, Oda Sakunosuke stopped and thought about it.

He quickly recalled the words and deeds of everyone at this moment, and he was convinced that the person in front of him had integrated into the Armed Detective Agency in just three days, enough to make the members of the agency who were righteous and stick to their principles fight with this person.

So, what reason does Sakunosuke Oda not believe in this person?

"Okay." Oda Sakunosuke said, "It's just that no one has ever called my name like that. ——Sentence is very subtle."

Tsushima felt a little happy, relying on the superficial impression in such a short time, Odasaku guessed what this person who deliberately behaved strangely was going to say, "Then I am the first person to say that ~" and the like.

"...Thank you." Tsushima whispered, "Thank you."

This was a completely unexpected answer, and Oda Sakunosuke was surprised again.

As expected of a man with a paper bag on his head, he is really quite unpredictable.