Started with a green hat for Verlaine

The meeting place this time is not a teahouse, but a bar deep in an alley.

The vehicles of the Shibusawa family stopped at the intersection of the alley, they did not approach, and followed the invisible rules. After two tests, the members of the Shibusawa family attached great importance to this meeting.

After all, if you succeed in the third test, you will be able to apprentice smoothly.

This is both a threshold.

It is also a kind of respect for a real teacher.

At eight o'clock in the evening, under the dim street lights, Shibusawa Tatsuhiko came as scheduled, like a hazy white nightmare.Today's white-haired boy is wearing a Western-style shawl-style jacket and a delicate silk shirt with a knot at the neckline. At first glance, he should appear on the scene of a fashion festival and be favored by the spotlight, not this one full of debris, stains, and full of civilians. In an alley full of life.

He raised his eyelids, and the red pupils lacking human empathy showed a rare nervousness. He glanced at the signboard of the bar, named "Lupin", and had various guesses about what happened next.

At the bar, would you like a drink?He's not a particularly good drinker.Or—to test his knowledge of alcohol?Before coming, he made up for it in time.

Regarding Aso Shuya's thoughts, Shibusawa Ryuhiko couldn't figure it out, and he didn't dare to act recklessly.

lose confidence.

This is a great blow to a genius with a high IQ.

Shibusawa Ryuhiko unknowingly lowered himself, and no longer looked at other people arrogantly, especially the way he completed the request for the second time was tricky, which can be judged as cheating or finding another way, let's see if this person is I really wanted to accept him as an apprentice, but I met him because of the favor of the government.

He crossed the gate and walked down the stairs, and the jazz music from the bar on the lower floor came.

The long melody soothes the nerves of people who are off work.

Aso Qiu, who was dressed as a mafia, was also sitting on the high chair, facing the direction of the stairs and facing the bar counter.The young man touched the ground with one foot, and stepped on the foot of the chair with the other foot bent, holding on to the wine glass, swaying the wine, observing the ice cubes and rising bubbles in the glass with his dark eyes, as if this would bring him infinite happiness. fun of.

In an instant, Shibusawa Tatsuhiko felt that he had stepped into the atmosphere of the other world.

A cold nerve was suddenly twitched.

That is the next challenge, the eagerness to observe this person and gain the power of the other person.

"Mr. Qiuya."

Hearing this voice, Ma Shengqiu also looked sideways, and saw a beautiful boy with long white hair and a bit of treachery in his indifferent expression.

The more beautiful some people are, the more poisonous their thoughts are. If they want to dissolve this poison, they need good medicine.

Right now, the best way to do that is to write.

Use words to guide your heart.

"Sit down." Ma Shengqiu also pointed to the empty bar chair beside him, and then asked the boss who looked like a bartender, "He has it, can he drink?"

The boss wiped the wine glass, put it down, and said, "In Japan, you must be 20 years old to drink alcohol."

Ma Shengqiu also laughed and said, "That's a pity, Shibusawa-kun is not yet of age."

The boss added: "But... if it's Mr. Qiuya's request, it doesn't matter, I won't say it." The old-fashioned boss also learned to joke, "And Mr. Qiuya came to my place before he was an adult. , It’s too late to say that now.”

Ma Shengqiu also propped his chin, his eyes were warm, "That's right, I was just a child then."

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko listened to their conversation, and judged Aso Shuya's past experience, which was a trivial matter that would not be recorded on paper. The other party had come to the bar to drink when he was underage.

"What do you want to drink?" the boss asked Shibusawa Tatsuhiko.

"Same as Mr. Shuya." Shibusawa Tatsuhiko chose to go with the flow.

"Smart." Aso Qiu also teased, "I ordered a low-alcohol drink. If it smells like alcohol, I won't be easy to deal with."

"Will your one restrain you?" Shibusawa Tatsuhiko took the opportunity to ask, testing the relationship.

"That's caring." Ma Shengqiu also took a sip of wine, and said disapprovingly, "If caring that includes love is accepted by others, it is not a constraint. People live in the world without roots and homes, and they can't find their center of gravity. .”

"Shibusawa-kun, you have a family and family, why didn't anyone stop you?"

Conversely, Ma Shengqiu also questioned the other party's situation.

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko did not look down on this question, recalled his own experience, and said realistically: "Probably I am out of tune with them."

Ma Shengqiu also said: "Is it strength, or brain, or something else?"

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko smiled: "It's character."

The ultimate thing he pursues includes humanity, beauty, good and evil, and he experiences the spiritual enjoyment like seeing heaven in the mortal world. He is out of the secular world and is not accepted by others.

"Mr. Qiuye, if it's just preaching, those hired people have already finished talking."

"Is it impatient to hear?"

"Yes."

"Did you ever think that I would just let you go?"

"No, you understand me and see through my pursuit, you...don't hate me."

Shibusawa Ryuhiko was worried about this before he came, but after he came, he saw Aso Shuya's leisurely performance and his eyes that had never become dirty in the dark, he immediately felt a similarity, this person also has The concept of detachment from social norms.

Apart from good and evil, it is the original heart.

Edogawa Ranbu is not a good person, and he is on the side of the light.

The Central Plains is also kind and just, but it is on the side of chaos.

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko said: "You can train those two people, which has already explained everything."

After Ma Shengqiu also drank, he was very relaxed, "I've been spotted."

Inside the bar, the boss mixed the wine, handed it to Shibusawa Tatsuhiko, and said to Aso Shuya: "Mr. Shuya, do you need me to leave for a while?"

Ma Shengqiu also waved his hand: "No, it's actually just talking about some ordinary things. There's nothing to make a fuss about. The boss can continue working."

The boss glanced at Qiu Ye, who didn't come often, and the other party had funded this bar, so he would naturally be concerned about the other party's privacy, and the other was a deserted boy who seemed to be carved out of pale things... based on the boss's experience of receiving various customers for many years Experience, definitely not to be messed with.

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko murmured, "Is it an ordinary thing?"

Ma Shengqiu also put the wine glass to his lips, and said with a half-smile, "Don't take the matter too seriously. In the end, you don't have to do it with me, you just think mine...is not bad."

Shibusawa Ryuhiko was once again seen through the target of capturing the supernatural power crystal, and his cheeks turned red, which was not brought about by shame, and he would not have such emotions outside of "black magic".

He watched Aso Qiuya frankly, and the joy and cruelty of encountering "the same kind" were intertwined.

Occasionally, being seen through is also a kind of happiness.

"You really are my kind."

"No, I'm not, you can find Luanbu to say this."

"Ranbu-kun is too childish."

"You too."

Ma Shengqiu also complained, and came to apprentice with the idea of ​​killing people and seizing treasures. Fortunately, he had read the script, otherwise he would be tricked by the other party, and he would not know how to die.Strange to say, he didn't have the idea of ​​refusing. After he figured out that the other party could also get the body when he died, he decided to train the other party to see if he would go the same way.

Danger and excitement coexist. Many years ago, he liked the feeling of testing on the tightrope.

"Shibusawa-kun, the ugly words come first, I'm not a good teacher."

"May I call your teacher instead now?"

"No, you think beautifully."

Ma Shengqiu also blocked the other party back, Bai Qilin was used to being an honest person, this ability to climb up smoothly was young and naive, far from enough.

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko's mouth curved down.

Another thing as embarrassing as writing, even he can't stand it.

"The third request—" Aso Akira was also under the warm bar lights, as if thinking of something interesting, staring at Shibusawa Tatsuhiko as if looking for some fun.

He unconsciously licked the ice cube with the tip of his tongue, it was cold and the alcohol stimulated his taste buds.

Haven't been to Lupine Bar for a long time.

In the future, will this place become a gathering place for the rogue trio?Or a gathering place for literati to chat?Everything is unknown, and everything is in the not-too-distant future.

"Your family has a lot of rights, right?"

"Um……"

"I heard that the day when the award was announced last time was your birthday, so I let you go. As a small punishment for your abuse of power, this time will test your patience and knowledge."

Ma Shengqiu never forgot the idea of ​​persuading these writers to pick up pens.

He tapped the other's glass with his glass.

"To teach a child to write, the theme is 'love life', let that person write me a novel that satisfies me, the number of words is required to be [-] words, I hope to see you use relatively normal means to guide a person to see The beauty of life."

"……it is good."

Instead of letting himself write, Shibusawa Tatsuhiko felt that he was lucky once in a while.

Do you love life?

Even if he doesn't love it, he can still let the other party write it!

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko had countless ways to succeed in his mind, his eyelashes trembled, his red pupils glowed, and he asked in an innocent and innocent tone, "Will it be too easy?"

Ma Shengqiu also loved this white unicorn: "Yeah, it's too easy, just send sub-questions."

The last person who got such a "submission question" was Edogawa Ranpo!

"There is an additional request, not to disclose is my request."

"This is your own business."

"wish you success."

……

After this chat in the bar, Aso Akira left Shibusawa Tatsuhiko behind and went home alone.

Lan Tang was playing the piano, his back looked like a romantic French pianist.

There is something special about quiet nights.

It's just... the music is vaguely sad.

As Ma Shengqiu also approached, he realized that Lan Tang's hands were a little whitish from washing, and they were feeling cold. He covered his hands and blew warm air, "Why don't you wait in the bedroom for me to come back?"

Lan Tang felt the warmth of his lover, and the unhappiness at work faded away.

"I killed someone today." Lan Tang leaned on his chest.

"En." Ma Shengqiu also regretted not coming back earlier, stopped talking, embraced Lan Tang, who was working in the Black Lizard department, and his mind turned quickly, thinking about which organizations he had fought with.

"I killed young people... about the same age as Ranbu-kun, and even younger ones. I gave them a way to die without pain." Lan Tang murmured softly, "I don't like to kill young people. They have the ability to grow up. The future of my life died in my hands... What a pity."

Aso Shengqiu also stroked Lantang's hair, silently giving him strength.

Lan Tang smelled his faint smell of alcohol, felt a little wronged, his green eyes seemed to be able to condense water mist, his face was melancholy, and he played the piano sullenly: "Qiu Ye, you came back so late."

Aso Qiu also softened his heart, "I'm sorry."

Lan Tang said: "I don't want to be sorry, just say something that will make me happy."

Aso Qiu also thought hard: "I will ask for leave to travel with you."

Lan Tang didn't like this, and played with the black tie around his collar, "This is what you would do, don't use it to coax me, it's useless."

Ma Shengqiu also pondered: "I won't let you do anything you don't like."

Lan Tang stopped his movements and said awkwardly: "I want to help you, but I'm actually joking with you..."

Ma Shengqiu also smiled, "I don't mean to underestimate Lan Tang. Everyone has their own bottom line. Lan Tang can look directly into the darkness and complete the task, which is already very good."

"Lan Tang, the port mafia is getting more and more chaotic, and the members of the Black Lizard have too much trouble to get in touch with. Let's get out of Yokohama for a while."

"How to leave...?"

"Business trip, find a useful excuse to travel together."

Ma Shengqiu also hugged Lan Tang and said in a low voice: "When I come back, I will find a way to make you a quasi-cadre in advance. Didn't you always want to be my personal bodyguard? This time, my trip depends entirely on you. We Go to work together and bear the price of climbing together."

While talking, Aso Qiu also looked upstairs, Edogawa Ranpo and Nakahara Naka also hid above to watch them, and Aso Qiu also made a gesture to let them go back to the room.

Edogawa Luanpo dragged Nakahara Chuya to his room, and as soon as the door was closed, Nakahara Chuya said bluntly: "Why don't you let me comfort Mr. Lantang?"

Edogawa Ranpo said: "It's useless, Mr. Lantang is even more sad when he sees us."

Zhong Yuanzhong also thought of the conversation just now, "Mafia..."

Edogawa Ranpo threatened: "If you join the mafia, the little orange cat will definitely be more scared, maybe you will cry! You might as well hang out with Master Ranpo!"

Zhong Yuanzhong also said firmly: "I will not be afraid!"

The place where Qiu Ye and Mr. Lan Tang are, no matter how dark it is, it is also the place where he will go!

Seeing his attitude, Edogawa Ranpo became envious: "When I first met Shuya, I also wanted to go to the place where Shuya worked, but he refused to let me go."

Zhong Yuanzhong was also taken aback: "Why?"

Edogawa ranpo lowered his head: "Shuya said, I want to become the world's number one detective. For this goal, to make my parents proud, I must never step into the dark."

Zhong Yuanzhong also patted Ranbu on the shoulder, "Come on."

Edogawa Ranpo said: "Yes."

After a while, Zhong Yuan Zhong also asked a question bluntly: "If Qiu Ye and Mr. Lan Tang go on a business trip, what should we do?"

Edogawa Ranpo was sluggish: "I'm about to be entrusted again."

Uncle Fukuzawa is very scary in private!

If you don't go to bed on time, you will be punished, if you don't eat well, you will be punished, if you don't stay in bed, you will be punished!

This is Qiu Ye's "conspiracy"-to arrange the two of them well, to have food and shelter, and to kick them out in the future without worrying about the two of them starving to death on the street.

"No, I'm going to tell Qiuya!"

"What did you say?"

"Doubling the pocket money!"

"..."

That's all you've got, Luanbu.

There are companions in Leibo Street, and Zhongyuan Zhong, who is not worried about eating and drinking, also despises them.