The heroine of the fighting faction is the strongest

The person standing in front of Yuki, who claimed to be Edogawa Ranpo, was studying a story about a chair.

Almost as soon as he heard this name, Dongfang Xueji... remembered Mr. Osamu Dazai and Mr. Chuya Nakahara again.

Yokohama is really... an amazing cultural capital.

Her own history is not very good, but probably until Edogawa Conan... No, it is the status of Edogawa Ranpo in the Japanese retreat circle. This person has written a lot of books, some of which are more serious mystery novels, but There are also some very bizarre stories, such as "The Chair in the World", which once constituted the childhood shadow of Dongfang Xueji...

It's not exactly a conventional ghost story, because there are no real ghosts in it.However, the horror is also terrible here. This story is about a chair craftsman with a twisted mind, who made a large chair that can hide people in it, and then he hid himself in it.

He can come out at any time, he left a door for himself, after getting out of the chair, he can look for food everywhere, solve his physical needs, and then hide back in the chair.

But the protagonist of this story is a female writer. The chair craftsman wrote his story in a letter and sent it to the female writer. He said that he and the chair were auctioned to a female writer. He hid in the chair, like He is an invisible creature, but every day he can feel the refreshing fragrance from the female writer sitting on his lap.

The female writer didn't read the letter seriously at the beginning, but she became more and more frightened as she got to the end. She felt that she was being watched by someone, by a pair of dark, sticky, scary eyes.

At the end of the letter is the other party's request: "...Even so, I still want to meet you, if you want..."

The female writer stumbled to one side.

At this time, the second letter arrived. The style was completely different from the previous one, but it should have been written by the same person. The owner of the letter said that he was a reader of female writers, so he wrote a short story and sent it over. It should be the letter from before.

The female writer and Dongfang Xueji breathed a sigh of relief across the dimension.

Xue Ji couldn't remember what the last story was, but she still remembered how disgusting the first letter was. She was still a child at the time, and she could keenly feel the malice contained in it.

... mainly because the author writes well.

And there is still a tail left in this story, that is, does the "human chair" really exist?Logically speaking, it does not exist. After all, there is an extra living person in the family. What kind of fool can't find it?The people in the chair must come out to eat and drink every two or three days, so is it easy to see whether the food in the refrigerator has decreased or whether it has been used by others?

Plus the second letter explains it too, and that's a story.

However, human instinct is to think in bad places, and Dongfang Xueji told this story at the dinner table after dinner, and it happened that Mr. Kinnian came to visit that day.

Teacher Kishi took a sip of the soup and seemed to want to say something, but he didn't say it.

Cousin Jousuke made a grimace: "Yuki, don't think about it, what if the second letter is fake? Human chairs do exist, and they are indeed in the female writer's house. The guy who wrote the letter sent the letter to you. I regretted it when I went out, and I was worried that the female writer would dismantle my chair for inspection...so I wrote another letter to ask for it?"

Xue Ji: "..."

Xue Ji's expression was unbelievable!Her fragile childlike innocence was hurt: "Wow wow wow wow!!!"

Teacher Kishi: "Hey! You idiot, do you only scare children? What a bad guy!"

Cousin Jousuke: "Wait... Yuki, you won't believe it! This is completely unreasonable, the female writer has already begun to doubt, even if he wrote the second letter, the female writer will find someone to investigate her chair Ah, so it doesn't matter whether the human chair is real or not! Ah, don't cry!"

Teacher Kishibe: "That's why I told you not to tease the children. Hmph, you are still so unreliable after being a cousin. It's you, Dongfang Jousuke."

In short, this tragic experience was not so much caused by "The Chair in the World" as it was caused by the help of my cousin... After Dongfang Xueji came out of the shadow of childhood, he began to hang out with Mr. Anbian, and Mr. Anbian On the grounds of "practicing courage", let Dongfang Xueji study with him.

Dongfang Xueji has read a lot of mystery novels that are looking for novelty and darkness, as well as the works of Junji Ito and so on...

After a long time, she is really not afraid.

But since then, I have understood Kishi's teacher's bad taste-he actually has the nerve to reprimand Jousuke's cousin, obviously he is even more unreliable!

But thanks to them, now that Xue Ji sees the live-action version of Edogawa Ranpo, and hears him say "a chair with a hidden person", she will neither be ignorant nor panic.

Mr. Edogawa Ranpo is sitting with her in an open-air cafe now—— Dongfang Yuki is very curious, why this cafe has not been closed, or at least changed to an indoor cafe, isn't the open-air one more dangerous?

Mr. Ranpo is not stingy with his reasoning ability for such a simple question, he opened his eyes slightly (when this man narrowed his eyes, Xue Ji was always worried that he might not be able to see the way clearly, but his next words Let Xue Ji completely dispel this worry.) Said: "I think, this is out of safety considerations."

"Because of the mutated monsters, they don't always appear outside. In fact, it has happened at least three times now. A person who was doing well suddenly turned into a monster, and then violently hurt people."

Dongfang Xueji: "...Huh?"

Is it so random?

Edogawa Ranpo seems to know what a scary topic he is talking about, but his appearance is more like wanting to scare the girl across from him. He wags his fingers and can tell at a glance that this is a simple girl, no She is good at dressing up, and she wears the style of casual work clothes that girls will definitely avoid nowadays—it’s not a cute Japanese style, but she wears it very cutely, because she is tall and stretchy, and can hold up her body. A baggy outfit.

Her eyes are clear, fearless, bright and energetic. Although it was the first time we met, she was not overly curious, but looked at her very politely—this represents a good family education and a relatively good growth environment. , Helped her develop a clean temperament.

However, she is much bolder than an ordinary good girl from a good family, and if she is not mistaken, before coming to this coffee shop, she casually observed the staff arrangement and traffic conditions here.

This is to be able to escape even if an accident occurs.

For example, when he himself entered a place like a shopping mall, he would subconsciously look for safe passages and the location of fire-fighting equipment.

But he would do it because he was a detective—a detective these days is about to become a synonym for death, danger is always there, and it is impossible not to learn to protect yourself.

The girl had calluses on her hands from fighting - but it wasn't very exaggerated, and she didn't have too many wounds, which meant that she was either weak, so she rarely fought, or she was very strong, so she was rarely injured.

Judging from her habitual seemingly loose but vigilant posture, it should be the latter.

She is not a native of Yokohama, as can be seen from her accent and behavior. She is carrying a backpack sold by a nearby travel agency, which only tourists buy.

Speaking of tourists, he thought of a guy who was said to have come to Yokohama suddenly in the past two days...

Mr. Fukuzawa said that a strange girl appeared in Yokohama in the past two days. It was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves. It is said that she was a very strong confused guy who claimed to be lost and ran over and killed many infected people. The preliminary judgment should be Not the person opposite.Carelessly living in a hotel under the name of □□ without knowing anything about it, the hotel owner tried to test her, but she said: "Really? Is □□ so powerful now? Then the property under their name is still there. Will you pay taxes?"

What a chat genius.

The innkeeper's face turned blue.

Edogawa Ranpo can imagine that this must be a very mysterious and difficult guy.

He likes solving puzzles best!

Perhaps it was for this reason that he was willing to share the commission he received before the infection incident: "Do business behind closed doors. Once an infected person appears among the guests, it is difficult for others to escape. It is better to do it in the open air." ——However, the second floor of the coffee shop has an investigation point, and it is still under the surveillance of some organizations, so it is relatively safe. Let’s not talk about this, you just said... I have heard of a person named "The Chair in the World" Can you tell me the story in detail?"

Dongfang Xueji: "..."

Well, she has already discovered it. It seems that the worldview here in Yokohama is different from that of the outside world. For example, everyone outside knows that Osamu Dazai is the name of a great writer, but Mr. Dazai was totally unaware of it before.

This may be what the system refers to as "historical problems caused by the fusion of worldviews".

She still doesn't want to break it.

Dongfang Xueji briefly described the "human chair" in memory, and after omitting a lot of disgusting descriptions, this story is still uncomfortable. Mr. Edogawa narrowed his eyes: "Accordingly speaking, such a story that does not conform to science , is impossible in reality.”

——He complained!He really complained!

It’s a realistic version of #我听比我自己#! ! !

Dongfang Xueji's eyes were embarrassing, but Edogawa Ranba narrowed his eyes again, looking at Dongfang Xueji with interest: "However, it seems that the lady who is behind the back spirit doesn't need to pay attention to science, right?"

nameless:"……"

Dongfang Xueji said seriously: "It's not the spirit behind it. It's a soul with amnesia. It is currently working in the underworld. It is said that he was guilty during his lifetime. After the memory comes back, he will have to serve his sentence!"

Nameless again: "..."

He felt that if he continued like this, he would not be able to live normally in this singularity. Fortunately, Dongfang Xueji quickly broke the topic, and she began to study the "human world" with this young Mr. Edogawa Ranpo. Chair" case.

Why is it called a case?Because Mr. Edogawa Ranpo received a commission before, and the client happened to be a female writer. She thought there was something wrong with her chair, but after checking, she found that it was indeed an ordinary chair, so a detective named Edogawa Ranpo was invited. Come and investigate.

Dongfang Xueji: "Then where is that magical chair now?"

Edogawa Ranpo: "This is the troublesome place. The female writer was disturbed by a chair, and then her husband secretly threw the chair away. For such a large home, it is generally required to follow the rules. It was time to put it in a special garbage disposal site, but the husband was very anxious, he found a waste disposal plant and asked the other party to dispose of the chair immediately."

Dongfang Xueji was puzzled: "Isn't it just an ordinary chair? It needs to be dealt with so urgently?"

Edogawa narrowed his eyes randomly, so no one knew what he was thinking: "My husband said that he was worried that there would be dirty things on it, so he was very nervous."

Dongfang Xueji: "However, most people don't believe this kind of thing, it is true that superstition is very common in some closed mountain villages, but it is very strange here... I suspect that her husband has a problem .”

Edogawa Ranpo smiled: "I think so too."

Dongfang Xueji: "So, shall we continue looking for chairs?"

Edogawa Ranpo: "No need, I will come out today, just to show them...don't look back."

Dongfang Xueji froze, and Mr. Edogawa vainly supported her hand holding the coffee cup, as if to prevent her from accidentally spilling the coffee, and lowered his voice carefully: "They are here with you Behind, at five o'clock."

Dongfang Xueji: "...What are they following you for?"

Edogawa Ranpo: "I don't know, but they are the ones who belonged to the gang. Dongfang Jun, if you want to withdraw from this case, there is still time."

Otherwise, even if she doesn't join, she will be counted in the party.

He saw Dongfang Xueji blinking, as if she was listening to something, after she finished listening, her expression changed, from pure curiosity to eagerness to try.

Dongfang Xueji: "I don't want to quit! I want to join! My God, the branch line is here!"

——What message did she just receive?

Sure enough, this girl is full of mysteries, and Ranpo Edogawa finally found something interesting from this complicated but meaningless case: "Then you have to submit an application first, otherwise there are some secrets that cannot be disclosed." you."

Dongfang Xueji thought this was reasonable, she had no doubts at all: "How to apply, do I need a written application? I don't know how to write..."

"No written application is required," Mr. Edogawa said in a dignified way: "We are currently a non-profit organization, temporarily called the Armed Volunteer Association, dedicated to working hard for peace in Yokohama."

Wow, quite tall.

Dongfang Xueji: "Then who should I submit the application to?"

Edogawa Ranpo (visibly excited): "Of course Mr. Fukuzawa! He is the best person in the world!"

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The author has something to say:

I remember that the original book didn’t seem to say whether Edogawa Ranpo has abilities, so I don’t want to make it clear here, otherwise it won’t be fun if there is no room for imagination...

The Armed Detective Agency became an Armed Volunteer Agency mainly because Mr. Fukuzawa felt that Yokohama needs volunteers with a more voluntary spirit...

Until ten years later——

Kunikida Doppo: What?non-profit?Volunteer?Such an organization cannot last long!I want to check the account details!

Qihai Jianren (random entry): So labor is shit (sounds loudly)!