The number one heartbreaker in Hong Kong and black

Ryosuke Araki got out of the car. This is Yokohama's Chinatown. There are noisy crowds not far away. You don't need to look to know that although the scene is protected, the crowds did not leave. Instead, they gathered around and chatted about this matter. Unusual thing.

He made a stop motion, and the mafia subordinates behind him stopped following.

Araki Ryosuke slowly walked towards a figure whose back was facing him.

"Why don't you let this detective go in and take a look?" You don't need to look at the front to know that the other party must be dissatisfied, and there is a cute "hmph" expression on his face, "Mafia? Isn't this matter already handed over?" Did you give it to the police? I am a detective commissioned by the police department!"

But facing his rhetoric, the mafia still stood in front of him expressionlessly, as if the master who hadn't seen this figure was protesting vigorously.

Araki Ryosuke chuckled.

His laughter attracted the attention of the little detective who was a few steps away. The other party turned around and saw Ryosuke Araki appearing. His eyes lit up, as if he had found a support, and he was immediately full of confidence. He yelled: "Liangjie, you are here! - They won't let me in, it's abominable!"

This person is none other than his nominal boyfriend Edogawa Ranpo.

Although this relationship is obviously a joke, and he is no longer in the Armed Detective Agency, but maybe the hug that day played a role, Araki Ryosuke really felt a bit moved, he is still very willing to pamper this cutie unconditionally A detective, especially the other party knows where his bottom line is—

In other words, getting along with Ranpo is actually very comfortable.

Although it can't be seen on the surface, because Luanbu speaks bluntly and without concealment, it is not without reason that Luanbu is loved by everyone.

If Luanbu didn't mention the termination of the relationship, then he would be happy to continue raising cats.

Araki Ryosuke deliberately walked towards him slowly, this performance really made Edogawa Ranpo quickly run towards him, then grabbed his sleeve, dragged him to the scene of the crime, and said Said: "I'm sharing your worries, solve this early, and we can go to Shizuoka."

"Isn't it commissioned by the Police Agency?"

"Well, if that's the case," Luanbu looked away, "it's okay, the other party specifically asked the president to cry."

"You are very good at lying."

"Okay--ok." Luan Budao said, "But I don't care. I'm helping you. Anyway, just let me take a look, and I can solve it. I don't want you to waste time in Yokohama. More importantly, I want to accompany you. I was right."

"Okay, then I'll take it as you are thinking about me."

"That's how it is!" Luanbu accused, "You actually doubt my kindness."

He made it very clear on the phone that he wanted Araki Ryosuke to accompany him to Xiongying's side to accept another detective's challenge, so their time can't be wasted on other boring things, especially this matter is Hong Kong gangsters The mission, his reputation as a detective has been challenged - this is the most urgent thing to be solved right now.

Araki Ryosuke was obediently pulled in front of his subordinate, he gave the other party a look, and said coldly: "Okay, you can step aside, let me go in and have a look."

"Yes, Araki-sama."

Originally stopped Edogawa Ranbu, and used deterrent eyes to shock any mafia who dared to approach here, and quickly stepped aside, not daring to make any sense.

Only then did Ranpo find the right time, let go of Araki Ryosuke's hand, got in through the raised yellow cordon, and left to come to the corpses.Ryosuke Araki followed behind him and cast his gaze on the corpse.

To be precise, this is no longer a corpse, but more like stumps. Except for one that is relatively complete, the others are completely disfigured.

They all had signs of being eaten, and were thrown aside like leftovers from a human meal.

Araki Ryosuke observed for a while, and concluded that it was indeed like some kind of wild beast was preying on human beings, and it was obvious that the other party was intelligent as a wild beast.Because the parts that are eaten are the softest and most delicious parts of the human body, rather than being eaten aimlessly.

Luanbu squatted down, he looked at it for a while, and seemed to come to a conclusion: "Oh, is that so?"

"What do you know?" Ryosuke Araki asked.

"It's human beings that prey on human beings." Ranpo said something unbelievable, his face became a little serious, "But it can also be said that cannibals are no longer human beings, they are Monsters in human form appear in the mist that blocks the sun, and disappear when the mist clears—they are afraid of the sun."

"..." Araki Ryosuke, "In other words, they still have weaknesses."

After the words fell, he frowned subconsciously, because if this kind of monster appeared, it meant that the world was more integrated than he thought.

Although the memory of his time travel is blurred, he still remembers that Xiongying High School and the Yokohama faction belong to two different worlds, but at this point in time when he came, the two worlds subtly merged together.And now that monsters appear, does it mean that another world is merging?

"Ryosuke, the only surviving person was taken away by Hong Kong gangsters for interrogation." Ranpo asked suddenly.

"Yes."

"Can you recap what you observed?"

"...No problem, Ranpo." Araki Ryosuke was very surprised, because this was the first time Edogawa Ranpo asked a question, but he still answered honestly, "His status is very ordinary, but he is a salaryman. That day, he went to buy a bouquet of flowers for his sick wife after work, and then on the way home, the fog appeared, and he encountered a ghost.”

Revisit this story.

This man is no different from any office worker in Yokohama. The only thing that makes him special is that he has a seriously ill wife.In order to win the smile of his wife, who has become depressed all the time because her life is coming to an end, he went to a flower shop to buy a bouquet of flowers on a whim after get off work that day.

Then, when he was about to walk towards his own residential street, the fog appeared silently.

It quickly covered the sky that still had a trace of the sun's warmth, and gradually infected the streets of Yokohama with a cold and damp atmosphere. The sky was completely darkened, and the sun disappeared.

However, at the very beginning, everyone on the street didn't notice this strangeness, and only thought it was an unusual sudden fog in Yokohama in winter, but then, gradually more figures appeared in the crowd, and they were Appearing out of thin air like this, looking at these humans shrouded in fog with strange eyes.

Predation has begun.

In just a few seconds, the scene in front of me has completely changed. Blood splattered everywhere, human limbs were broken, and the sound of sucking flesh and blood was heard in every ear. The streets of Yokohama immediately became a purgatory on earth—terrible ,terrible!It makes people's brains tremble, moaning about this fear.

The man wanted to escape from the fog, but they seemed to have no end, and the familiar streets became extremely strange, and screams kept coming and going.

He couldn't help but look back, at this moment, an accident happened - he stepped on a stone and fell in front of the monster.

"——Please don't eat me!" He burst into tears, trembling with fear, "I have a wife, she, she is sick. If I die, she will die too, please! Let me go please!"

A miracle happened, when the bouquet of flowers fell in front of the opponent, the monster left.

He repeatedly emphasized during the interrogation that it must be his love for his wife that moved the murderer so that he could be saved from the fate of being killed.

……

"Do you think so too?" Ryosuke Araki asked, and he came to a conclusion, "Anyway, I don't think so, maybe there is something strange about this bouquet of flowers."

Ranbu: "What kind of flower?"

"Purple, a small bunch, not like a common bouquet... Oh, I remembered, probably wisteria flowers."

It should be right, Araki Ryosuke read the report submitted by Oda Sakunosuke and analyzed the bouquet of flowers - it was as common as the only survivor, did not find any medicine, metal or paper, all composed of wisteria flowers.

After hearing the words, Luan Bu turned around, squatted down, and picked up a petal from the only relatively complete corpse.

"Is this it?" He stood up, holding the petal between his fingers.

Ryosuke Araki immediately winked, and one of his subordinates quickly stepped forward, took out a transparent bag dedicated to evidence, put the petal in it and sealed it, and then quickly backed away, as if it had never appeared before. Same.

"Weakness doubles, Ryosuke, they are also afraid of this kind of flower—wisteria."

Having said that, it seems that there is nothing worthy of special attention.

Sure enough, Luanbu stretched his waist, and then said: "I have already found out the weakness of the murderer, no, this word is not accurate-it should be said, the mastermind behind the scenes! It is this kind of man-eating monster with obvious weaknesses. But whether I was instigated or not is not my responsibility, the Hong Kong and black side have their own arrangements, right?"

Araki Ryosuke nodded: "I will hand over the task of finding out the behind-the-scenes instigation to Osamu Dazai later, other things... should not belong to my category."

The order Mori Ogai gave him was to find out the cause of death. Since Edogawa Ranpo had already found the reason for him in a few words, and even analyzed the monster's weakness like a top student in a high school, then his task Even if it's perfect.

The rest will be left to professional decipherers.

"Yeah!" Ranpo clapped his hands, showing a childlike smile, "If you say that, you can leave Yokohama with me and go to Shizuoka!"

"I have to ask the leader for leave first." Araki Ryosuke said.

"Okay, but come back quickly." Edogawa Ranpo took the initiative to take his hand, "I'll be waiting for you at the detective agency."