People are in Yokohama, the vest is fully open

Hoshino Yuu lowered his eyelids, his thick eyelashes cast a light shadow on his face.He ate the delicious bar in his hand one bite at a time, which made Edogawa Ranbu unexpectedly think of the stray cat who ate nutrition cream for the first time.

Edogawa Ranpo looked at his other self again, under the slightly messy thick black hair was the face he had seen countless times in the mirror.

Hmm... But Ranpo in front of me seems to be a little thinner than himself, maybe it's because he doesn't like snacks?

His face also seemed to be a little pale, and it seemed that the unscrupulous uncle Mori Ogai had abused his other self, and the unscrupulous uncle's heart might have kept him so busy that he couldn't even eat his full meal.

But...why not refuse?

Why don't you reject what you don't like, why don't you accept what you like?

Edogawa Ranpo, who has never understood adults, has never understood the troublesome world of complicated adults, just like he can't figure out what the other self is thinking at this time.

Edogawa Ranbu unconsciously stroked the position of his chest, obviously the other person was sitting next to him, they share the same sorrow, but he still can't understand anything at this time... Is it too embarrassing.

Hoshino Yu moved slowly and restrained, but even so, he finally finished the snack in his hand.

When Edogawa was walking in a daze, he suddenly heard Hoshino Yuu's voice: "It's delicious."

"what?"

Just when Edogawa Ranpo thought he heard it wrong, he saw Hoshino Yuu calmly said: "I have always liked these things, whether it is wave soda or thick snacks, Ranpo-sama is very fond of it." like."

From the very beginning, I liked it a lot.

"Master Ranpo also thinks they are super delicious!"

Edogawa Ranbu was stunned for a moment, but he quickly laughed and said happily: "Food is the meaning of life!"

Edogawa Ranpo instantly put the previous troubles behind him, it doesn't matter what made Hoshino Yuu resist facing his heart, as long as he is willing to open his heart and accept himself now, that's enough!

"Then do you like beef burgers?" Edogawa Ranpo said excitedly like a child who wants to share his favorite things with his friends: "Ranpo-sama's favorite food is beef burgers!"

"I probably don't like it." Hoshino Yuu said, "It's been a long time since I ate it, so... I don't remember."

Edogawa Ranpo widened his eyes in surprise: "You don't even like hamburgers?"

"Of course I don't like to eat high-calorie and high-fat food." Hoshino Yuu paused for a while before saying, "It's not good for the brain."

Edogawa Ranpo opened his eyes, and a confused look flashed in his eyes: "You..."

He always felt that something was wrong, but...

With a slight twitch of his fingers, Edogawa Ranpo finally pressed the idea of ​​taking out the glasses in his pocket, because this kind of thing uses super reasoning on another self, even Ranpo feels that this is really the most rude in the world thing.

Hoshino Yuu didn't seem to notice Edogawa Ranpo's hesitation, and stated as if stating the facts: "The smart brain is the only thing I have, and of course I must protect it well."

Edogawa Ranpo frowned: "It's a bit strange to refuse a burger for such a reason!"

"Today, Master Ranpo will take you to experience the joy of high-heat and high-fat!"

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The dinner plan tonight was a great success, or so Edogawa Ranpo thought.

Although at the beginning of the meal, Hoshino Yuu seemed to be very restrained and unfamiliar because of the unfamiliarity, but later on, under the enthusiastic recommendation of Master Ranpo, he enjoyed the food with complete peace of mind.

However, the other self obviously looks the same as him in size, and is even a little thinner than him, but his appetite is actually bigger than that of Ranbu-sama.

Of course, Edogawa Ranpo did not forget the task that the president gave him before - to ask Hoshino Yuu to understand what the weirdness they were dealing with was.

As one of the guardians of Yokohama, the Armed Detective Agency will not be easily persuaded to quit because of the saying, "The more you know, the easier it is to be troubled."

If there is any trouble in Yokohama, even if the trouble does not come to them, sooner or later they will take the initiative to send it to the door to solve the trouble.

It is impossible for them to hand over the matter of maintaining the safety of Yokohama to others—even if the target is Ranpo Edogawa from another world.

This is their world, and of course they have the right to know and the right to decide and act.

Originally, Edogawa Ranpo was already prepared for another self to continue to refuse to answer.

But Edogawa Ranpo didn't expect that after hearing his question, Hoshino Yuu, who was still resistant at first, would not resist.He just hesitated for a moment, and told Edogawa Ranpo and the others all the weird things he knew about.

"There are many possibilities for pollutants affected by eerie effects. For example, I have seen a music box that may kill the owner before: when the music of the music box plays and the teeth start to spin, his owner will be like a marionette. End their own lives under the sound of beautiful music."

"As long as the music box is opened and no specific means are used to contain it, it will use the owner's life as energy to repeatedly spread the curse. If it is allowed to kill and expand continuously, there may be further distortions... .”

"It's like a virus that follows a certain specific rule. We call this type of item containment."

"They are usually known for being scattered and concealed. If they can't be contained and sealed at the beginning, the harm caused by allowing him to continue to split and expand is unimaginable."

"Of course, its transmission rules are not as simple as I said, and it is difficult to substantially change the hazard level of a containment object."

Seeing that everyone in the detective agency was so nervous because of his words, Yu Hoshino changed the subject and said, "But the weirdness of your world is not like this."

The weirdness of this world is not born by itself, but derived from the radiation of the original pollutants.

Therefore, it has brought the characteristics of the original pollutants—aggregation—from the beginning of its birth.

Like insects gathering to form dense nests, the weirdness of this world also presents such characteristics.

Wisps of silk threads entwine the insects and their nests, constantly incubating to produce new weirdnesses, until they become invincible locusts that are serious enough to swallow the entire world.

It is not easy to eradicate locusts completely, but it is not difficult to burn the nest: just take advantage of the locusts in the nest before they are mature, and burn them and the hotbed of the nest when they are struggling to break out of their shells. OK.

"Is the "Phantom Castle Lord" I gave you still there?" Hoshino Yuu turned to look at Edogawa Ranpo.

"Of course! Lord Ranpo watches every day!"

Edogawa Ranpo immediately ran to his office and handed the books he had carefully collected to Yu Hoshino.

Hoshino Yu took the book that Edogawa Ranpo handed him, and opened the "Phantom Castle Lord" that no one except Edogawa Ranpo could open.

The blank pages then caught the eyes of the armed detectives.

Hoshino Yuu closed his eyes slightly, and he spread his hands on the cover of the book, only to see a faint white light glowing on the blank page——then everyone in the Armed Detective Agency saw a miraculous scene: Suddenly, the blank page Countless black and white autographs appeared, and the pages were turned without wind one by one. This blank book was rapidly enriched at an unimaginable speed.

In the eyes of Edogawa Ranpo, this book seems to have been attached with a layer of film like a sticker that can be torn off at any time on top of the original text. In his eyes, it seems that the two are irrelevant without interfering with each other.

"Okay," Hoshino Yuu handed back the book in his hand to Edogawa Ranpo, and said, "What you want to know, all I can say is on it."

Osamu Dazai, who was watching everything with his face propped up, gave an address, which was the weird ruin that Hoshino Yu had once brought Nakahara Chuya out of.

"Mr. Ranpo, when are you going to deal with that—clown?"

When Hoshino Yuu looked at him heavily, he raised his hand in surrender and said, "I just want to ask if there is anything we can do to help."

"Yes, your power alone is always limited." Edogawa Ranpo carefully put away the book in his hand, and said, "And with the help of Ranpo-sama, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort!"

"Yes, it's just that it's not yet the time. There has already been a monster there. If you step into it rashly to trigger the rules, it will only make things more troublesome."

Hoshino Yu didn't say anything more, he was silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement and said: "When the time is right, I will let you know."

Edogawa Ranpo was satisfied this time.

After the meal, Hoshino Yuu offered to leave on the grounds that he wanted to go back to rest early.

At this time, Ranpo Edogawa conjured a large suitcase out of nowhere.

"Wait a minute!"

He opened the empty suitcase in front of Hoshino Yuu, and Edogawa Ranpo stuffed all his rough snacks into the suitcase like a little hamster moving a granary.

"Walk...?"

Edogawa Ranpo ignored everyone's astonished gazes, he buckled the suitcase on his own, forced it into Hoshino Yuu's hands, and said proudly: "These are given to you by Ranpo-sama , tomorrow you have to eat delicious food with Ranpo-sama at noon!"

Hoshino was taken aback for a moment, and he glanced at the suitcase in his hand - it didn't fit into his bear pajamas.

"understood."

Hoshino Yuu concealed the look in his eyes, and finally did not refuse Edogawa Ranpo's request.

Edogawa Ranpo insisted on accompanying him to take him to the elevator entrance, Hoshino Yuu pulled the suitcase into the slowly opening elevator, and pressed the door close button.

When the elevator door was slowly closing, Hoshino Yuu looked at Edogawa Ranbu reluctantly waving goodbye to him, the corners of his lips curled up slightly - he smiled at Edogawa Ranbu for the first time: " Bye now."

Edogawa was stunned for a moment, then he immediately said loudly with a bright smile: "See you tomorrow!"

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The departure of Hoshino Yuu is not the end. In addition to tidying up, everyone in the Armed Detective Agency has to work overtime to sort out the information that Hoshino Yuu gave them as soon as possible.

Ranpo Edogawa, who was the final brain, did not participate in the boring and lengthy finishing work.

After seeing off the other self, Edogawa Ranpo took out the new marbles in the two empty glass bottles, rinsed them under the tap, and wiped them with a napkin.

Slightly shaking the swivel chair, Edogawa Ranpo rolled two transparent marbles on the desk in his hand.

Seeing this, Atsushi Nakajima, who was cleaning the table at the side, chatted casually with his subordinates, "I didn't expect the other Mr. Ranpo to be approachable, but his personality is unexpectedly gentle."

Thinking of just now, Hoshino Yu seemed like he couldn't get enough to eat, eating one small cake after another, Nakajima Atsushi couldn't help but smile: "No matter which Mr. Ranpo is, he loves sweets the same. ah......"

Edogawa Ranpo made a nasal sound and said 'um', but he was already thinking about whether to take Hoshino Yuu to eat curry at Wuda's house tomorrow or to eat revolving sushi.

However, when he was wandering in the sky, Edogawa Ranpo suddenly felt a strong palpitation, which hit his heart like a heavy hammer, which caught Edogawa Ranpo off guard. With a short cry of pain, he curled up and fell on the desk.

At the same time, the overwhelming desire to vomit and the burning sensation that seemed to burn the gastric belt and esophagus suddenly rose violently in Edogawa Ranpo's body - obviously at this time he was so peaceful and comfortable and even sleepy I want to sleep peacefully, but the intense pain that Edogawa Ranpo belongs to another person exists so vividly.

"Mr. Ranpo?!"

The voice in the ear was blurred and hard to hear, and the extremely suppressed collapse and despair surging in his chest made Edogawa Ranpo feel as if he was torn in two and it was difficult to calm down.

His face turned extremely pale in an instant, cold sweat seeped from Edogawa Ranpo's forehead and wet his broken hair, he opened his mouth in pain, but couldn't make a sound in pain.

Another Ranpo-sama... what happened?

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In the bathroom on the third floor, Hoshino sat down on the tiles, the burning pain in his throat made him dizzy for a while, and the memories belonging to Mr. Criminal Consultant appeared in his mind like a movie.

"Is it delicious?" Someone asked.

"what is this?"

"Rough dim sum." The man who spoke first asked again, "Will you come with me?"

The child's eyes are obviously full of reluctant attachment, but Mori Ogai still deliberately asked this sentence.

Ranpo Edogawa, who was not yet a consultant at the time, tightly held the delicious stick in his hand and refused to let go, "Will you keep buying me thick dim sum?"

The child was covered in cuts and bruises, and there were still bruises on the wrists left by the needles. He was wrapped in an ill-fitting white coat, and the blood soaked the clothes, dripping slowly along the dirty hem.

He looked like he was going to die but he didn't care about his own safety, he only cared about whether he could still eat this delicious food in the future.

Hoshino Yu saw the decadent uncle smiling heartily, his dark red eyes were like frozen blood, he said, "Of course."

Hoshino Yu retched uncontrollably, his stomach was in pain as if he was punched hard after being stuffed with ice cubes on an empty stomach, then filled with scalding hot water and repeatedly tightened.

so hungry.......

"You don't need to restrain Ranpo-kun. If your desire is not satisfied, it is pain." Mori Ogai's figure seemed to appear in Hoshino Yuu's mind again. He smiled and said encouragingly with red eyes: "And you have willfulness s right."

The violent desire to eat is like seaweed growing wildly, spreading and clinging to drown Hoshino Yuu's reason.

The hunger that is too loud clamors to exist, so hungry, so hungry, so hungry!

eating,

he needs to eat,

Anything is fine, as long as it can fill his hungry and withered soul.

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The overwhelming desire to vomit overwhelmed Edogawa Ranpo, and the esophagus was burned by stomach acid, giving people a heart-piercing pain.

Edogawa whimpered in Luanpo, he just wanted to answer Atsushi Nakajima's concern, but he was driven by this false feeling and his stomach twitched.Edogawa Ranpo couldn't help retching, he pushed Atsushi Nakajima away and rushed into the bathroom.

"Mr. Ranpo, what's the matter with you?"

Nakajima Atsushi was taken aback by Edogawa Ranpo who suddenly showed pain. He threw down the rag in his hand and rushed to the bathroom, slamming on the door of the bathroom worriedly.

However, he could only hear the uncontrollable broken whimpers and painful vomiting inside, but there was no other movement.

Other members of the Armed Detective Agency were also attracted by the news, asking what happened to Atsushi Nakajima.They didn't know that Edogawa Ranpo could empathize with another self when emotions were intense.

Dazai Osamu seemed to have guessed something, but he didn't point it out, but said: "Maybe Mr. Ranpo ate something bad in the morning, go and boil some warm water for him first, let's talk about it after he comes out." .”

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Hoshino Yu turned off the tap, his fingertips were trembling uncontrollably.

The youthful face of the person in the mirror is like gold paper.

Hoshino Yuu took several deep breaths, and buried his head in the sink filled with water again and again.After going back and forth several times, under the intense sense of near-death and the desperate suffocation of being unable to breathe, Hoshino Yuu's chest clamored for hunger that seemed to eat him, and barely subsided.

Hoshino Yuu slid to the ground with his back against the tiled wall as if he was exhausted, and there were scattered medicine bottles and pills that rolled out on the ground.

"Buzzing."

Hoshino Yuu's phone vibrated, and the caller ID on it was Chuya Nakahara, whom he had met once.

"Hello...?" Hoshino slowly took out the phone and pressed the answer button. The person on the other end of the phone said something on the phone. Hoshino took a breath and leaned against the wall and said : "...what time is it available?"

"If you ask me... then do it now."