People are in Yokohama, the vest is fully open

The next day, early morning.

Yokohama, Tsurumi River.

The morning sun shines on the water surface, reflecting sparkling bright colors, while birds and birds fly across the river surface, flapping their wings and flying away in horror because of the sudden bubbles in the water.

"...It's a pity that I survived today."

Osamu Dazai, who failed to enter the water, was unfortunately stopped by the fishing nets flowing down the river bank. His first attempt to enter the water ended in failure again.

After failing to enter the water, Osamu Dazai's windbreaker and the bandages in his pockets became heavy.

The skin was so blistered that it was about to wrinkle.

Osamu Dazai just longed for death, he hated pain.

Osamu Dazai didn't choose to stay in the water to torture himself, he slowly climbed up the embankment and collapsed on the ground, like a salted fish that lost his dream, collapsed into a puddle under the sun father who started to work Eye rest: Although he did not successfully enter the water today, it is exhausting to be floating in the river all the time.

"Oh, when will I be able to commit suicide in a refreshing way—" Osamu Dazai just thought of it, and he felt a shadow cast in front of him, blocking the enthusiasm of Father-in-law Sun.

"Hey, bastard mackerel!"

"Huh?" This voice—?

Osamu Dazai opened his eyes suddenly, a pair of black leather shoes came into his eyes, and his eyes looked up to a very familiar attire. Immediately after Osamu Dazai saw it, he saw Nakahara Chuya's impatient face.

"Oh my God..... Am I finally going to commit suicide successfully?" Dazai Osamu murmured: "Otherwise, why would I see a dwarf covered in black appearing in front of me?"

"Bastard Dazai—!" Nakahara Chuya's fist hardened at once, and he subconsciously wanted to lift his foot to kick Dazai.

However, Osamu Dazai was still lying on the ground like a salted fish just now, half dead.But when Zhongyuan Zhongye kicked him sideways, he dodged Zhongyuan Zhongye with agility and proficiency, as if he could directly break the bone with a blow.

"Chuya is still so irritable——" Osamu Dazai nimbly stood at a position not far from Zhongyuan Zhong, and said in an infuriating tone: "Well...it really is a little slug without a brain what~~"

Osamu Dazai was not kicked... Nakahara Nakaya let out a light 'tsk' and withdrew his foot.

Nakahara Chu also unexpectedly did not respond to Osamu Dazai's trash talk, but said a little uncomfortably: "Hey, Dazai...I came to you today to talk about business."

"Business?" Osamu Dazai asked nonchalantly, "With the brain capacity of a slug...what business can you think about?"

"Do you know... what is that?" Zhongyuan Zhong also hesitated to ask such a sentence.

Facing his ex-partner's lack of thinking, Osamu Dazai had a rare short-circuit in front of Chuya Nakahara: "What?"

"It's that weird 'Edogawa Ranpo'..."

Nakahara also paid out of his own pocket to treat Edogawa Ranpo, who obviously seemed to have a lot of problems, to a big meal, but he didn't get the answer he wanted.

Just like what he said to Dazai Osamu back then, Hoshino Yuu simply explained the strange existence to Nakahara Chuya who was chasing after him.

In the end, he explained with the phrase 'the more you know about the weirdness, the more likely you will be contaminated by the weirdness', which summed up his refusal to continue answering Zhongye's question.

Perhaps because he was worried that Zhong Yuanzhong might not be able to understand, Mr. Consultant also specially explained: "When you stare at the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you."*

But Zhongyuanzhong obviously won't give up just because of such an ambiguous explanation.

Therefore, Hoshino Yu promised that when the time is right, he will personally lead Nakahara Chuya into the ruins to find out.It's just that even though he got this kind of guarantee, which is not a guarantee, but it is about the port of Mafia Nakahara, after thinking about it, he still intends to ask Dazai Osamu for clarification.

That night, when he sent Hoshino Yu home, he found that he was living downstairs of the Armed Detective Agency.Nakahara couldn't believe that Osamu Dazai didn't notice such a bright and suspicious person as Yu Hoshino.

"Huh? Has Chuya already met Mr. Ranpo?" Osamu Dazai sighed.

"But what kind of strange question are you asking?" Dazai Osamu said in a tone that one plus one equals two: "Isn't Mr. Ranpo the same as Mr. Ranpo?"

"You don't really think that... there are two people who are exactly the same in this world, do you?"

Thinking of Yu Hoshino who was always silent, Nakahara also pressed the brim of his hat annoyedly, and said, "What kind of supernatural power is he... or is it that group of weird things?"

Osamu Dazai stared at Chuya Nakahara, who was obviously waiting for his answer, and was silent for a rare moment.

"Is there a possibility...he is Edogawa Ranpo from another world?"

Nakahara also looked up and down Osamu Dazai strangely: You, a guy who is looking forward to leaving this world every day, do you actually believe in the existence of parallel worlds? "

Osamu Dazai was amused by Chuya Nakahara's blunt words, and he said helplessly, "But Chuya...the two have nothing to do with each other at all, right?"

.......

.......

On the third floor downstairs of the Armed Detective Agency, in the White Crow Book Club.

The golden sunlight was firmly blocked from the outside by the heavy curtains, but as the time approached noon, Hoshino Yuu barely woke up under the protest of his stomach growling.

So complicated.

Still have to eat.

Hoshino Yuu got up from the bed sleepily, finally he was no longer wearing ill-fitting clothes.

Although Yu Hoshino was forced to change his plan when he met Ranpo Edogawa when he was out shopping.But after getting rid of Edogawa Ranpo, Hoshino Yuu endured his anxiety and found a clothing store that looked pretty good at random, and bought some casual clothes of a suitable size.

Even in the daytime, the curtains in the bookstore are tightly drawn, and the thick texture does not reveal half of the light.

The only exception is the kitchen, where fabric curtains are not installed, replaced by blinds that are easy to open and close.

After simply washing up, Hoshino Yuu skillfully opened the door from the dark corridor and turned into the kitchen.

Hoshino Yuu was wearing slightly loose bear slippers, and he was wearing a blue pajamas with bear prints. The gloomy aura on his body was diluted a lot because of this attire.

With messy hair, Hoshino wandered to the refrigerator in the kitchen, looking for food that could make his stomach less uncomfortable.

The large double-door refrigerator has many functional partitions, but at this time it is full of bags of whole wheat bread slices and sugar-free yogurt.

Other than that, nothing else.

Loose bread slices and yogurt are neatly stacked in the refrigerator, and the single order is simply obsessive-compulsive ecstasy.

Even though Hoshino Yuu had already gotten used to a monotonous diet, when he looked at the refrigerator full of whole wheat bread, Hoshino Yuu still had no appetite.

only......

Hoshino Yuu slightly pressed his stomach that was throbbing slightly due to excessive hunger, and he finally found a bag of bread slices from the refrigerator.Hoshino Yu closed the refrigerator door with a bag of yogurt in his mouth.

No matter what, at least we still have to eat.

After all, compared to whole wheat bread and sugar-free yogurt, stomach medicine is obviously a little harder to eat.

"Boom boom boom!"

At this moment, there was a loud knock on the door, causing Hoshino Yuu to pause as he chewed his bread: There is no need to think about it at all, the only people coming to the door at this time may be the group of people from the Armed Detective Agency .

...I really want to get off work.

But in any case, passive avoidance will not always solve the problem.And no matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat. Even if it's just meeting people from these armed detective agencies, Hoshino Yuu can more or less collect a lot of energy.

Although Hoshino Yuu didn't want to open the door at all, he got out of the kitchen because of his status as a worker.

Hoshino Yuu stuffed the remaining half of the bread into his mouth. He took a sip of yogurt and chewed hard a few times, swallowing them all in his stomach. Can't adapt to this kind of rough feeding.

Thinking about it, Hoshino Yu dragged his heavy steps, he reluctantly opened the door, but before he could see who was coming, the other party was walking like a small cannonball, He rushed into Hoshino Yuu's arms.

The force was so reckless that he couldn't control it at all, and the food that Hoshino Yuu finally stuffed into his stomach was almost knocked out by the other party.

Hoshino Yuu struggled to suppress the turmoil in his stomach, and only then did he see clearly the culprit who stuck into his arms like an ostrich, clung to him and didn't let go and didn't look up at him.

"Random steps...?"

Mr. Detective, who only dared to point the back of his head at Yu Hoshino, mentally built himself up.

Immediately, Edogawa Ranpo raised his face to look at Hoshino Yuu, and he said loudly, "Master Ranpo has decided to forgive you!"