The sun is setting in the west, and the sunset is slowly coming.
After struggling for a long time, Osamu Dazai and I finally returned to the detective agency.
And I can finally relax my little body.
Along the way, I could barely hold on to Osamu Dazai, preventing him from running towards the hot pot restaurant. Fortunately Dazai Osamu and I are not partners, otherwise I would really be driven crazy like Kunikida.
"I wonder if this computer can still be turned on." Junichiro Tanizaki casually tapped the keyboard of the computer.
"Tanizaki, how long have you been looking at this computer?" I asked, ignoring Osamu Dazai who was slumped on the sofa.
"It's an old brand from fifty or sixty years ago."
"What about Yuege? It was also a novel company fifty or sixty years ago?"
"No," Edogawa put down the snacks in his hands, "Yuege was only established in the past twenty years."
"That's strange. Yue Ge was famous for a while before, so why would he use such an old antique?" Tanizaki asked, looking at Edogawa.
"I'm afraid someone has tricked me." Edogawa said, eating the snack in his hand again.
"What about this USB flash drive?" I asked, taking out the USB flash drive that was placed close to my body.
"The USB flash drive looks so new." Tanizaki raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"Yeah." I replied absentmindedly.
I weighed the USB flash drive with my hands, frowned for a moment, and then gently inserted it into the USB socket on the side of the old computer.
Oddly enough, it wasn’t long after the USB flash drive was plugged into the computer.
Several incomplete logos flashed across the computer screen, and after about half a minute, the computer successfully started up.
"It's actually turned on!" I exclaimed.
After hearing this, Tanizaki looked very surprised and squeezed my shoulders, trying to gain some control over the computer.
However, Edogawa Ranpo and Dazai Osamu only had something strange flashing in their eyes and made no other movements.
When the computer is turned on, the main interface appears very empty, with only a small folder.
I didn't know if this was a file on the USB flash drive. When hesitating, Tanizaki said hesitantly: "Click on it, Si Ye."
I glanced at Tanizaki, gritted my teeth and opened it.
After clicking it, you will see countless documents.
The titles of the documents all start with Chapter ×××× in order.
If you click on it and take a closer look at the content, you can probably guess that this is a draft of a novel.
The author's writing style is very fluent and the rhetoric used in the article is gorgeous. If it weren't for the mission, I might have become a loyal reader.
The content of the novel is generally about a paranoid man who firmly believes that by killing all the extremely evil people, the world will return to peace.
Therefore, Tanizaki and I basically frowned while watching.
The author's values are probably too biased.
"Let me search for this work," Tanizaki said, taking out his mobile phone, "Well, the author wrote this novel when he was fourteen years old..."
"So young!" I exclaimed.
"But, the person who wrote this kind of work...is he still alive now?"
I asked, after all, historically such weird and gloomy little geniuses rarely lived to adulthood.
"I don't know. After all, I can no longer find relevant information." Tanizaki looked at his phone carefully, and after a while, he sighed regretfully.
"Mr. Ranpo..." Seeing that relying solely on the abilities of the two of us was futile, I turned around and looked helplessly at Edogawa Ranpo.
At this time, Edogawa Ranpo put his legs on his desk, holding a lot of snacks in his arms, and kept stuffing food into his mouth.
Food crumbs were scattered all over him, but Edogawa Ranpo didn't seem to care much.
"Hey~" After hearing my cry for help, he responded casually.
"Mr. Ranbu, can you deduce anything?" I asked earnestly.
"The author is still alive, but the current situation is not very good. You can go and take a look near the Uchida Jun Railway." Edogawa said vaguely, and the snack crumbs fell even more.
"Mr. Ranpo is so awesome. You can deduce it without reading the article!" I praised in surprise.
"Si Ye," Tanizaki secretly slapped my crotch, "you were so excited that you read out the article."
"Oh, cough cough..." I coughed a few times embarrassedly.
After all, I do admire the writing style of the author of this book.
"By the way, will Mr. Dazai participate in this operation?" Tanizaki turned around and asked.
However, at this time, Osamu Dazai ran somewhere to enjoy the cool air and disappeared without a trace.
"It seems we can only be together." I shrugged and smiled helplessly.
"Hey, let's go!" Tanizaki said, hugging my shoulders and pushing me towards the door.
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"Si Ye, do you think this author won't be hiding underground?" Tanizaki asked, pawing at the ground with his feet.
I shook my head, pretending not to know.
after all. The Uchida-Jun Railway looks like it has been abandoned for a long time.
There are overgrown weeds and birds and insects flying around.
No matter how you look at this place, it doesn't look like a place where anyone would settle down, let alone such a talented author.
I pursed my lips and raised my head to look at the bushes in the distance.
The scenery there is tidier in comparison, probably because someone once repaired it.
After hesitating for a moment, I moved a few steps over there. Tanizaki saw that I had made some movement, and followed my steps, walking towards the bushes.
I poked my head through the bushes and studied the terrain.
I saw that the ground was very flat. If it were to be messy, there were only a few footprints left by small animals.
I nodded to Tanizaki, then rolled over and jumped into the other side of the bush. After landing, I waved my hand to signal Tanizaki not to come over yet.
I lightly kicked the ground with my feet and found that the soil was very hard. Logically speaking, there would be no traces of small animals here at all.
"Si Ye?"
"Shhh."
I made a quiet gesture to Tanizaki, and my intuition told me that what seemed safe was not really safe.
Walking further away, a wild grass was planted unexpectedly on the ground. Swallowing, I walked gently towards it.
When I got there, I turned the grass with my foot.
To my disappointment, nothing happened except a few splashes of dew.
Simply, I frowned and pulled down the weed by the roots.
But this time things were ruined, that is, in the blink of an eye. With the remaining pit as the center, layers of waves visible to the naked eye suddenly rose up in the air.
I tried to escape this strong suction, but to no avail.
In the end, I just grabbed a handful of grass in my hand and fell into the unknown abyss.
"Si Ye!" Tanizaki's hoarse roar came from the distance.
