"Hey, Si Ye, did you find anything?" Edogawa stood behind me, his voice was muffled probably because he was holding a lollipop in his mouth.
"I didn't find anything..." I threw the magnifying glass into the tree pit in despair, but it was immediately absorbed by the exposed tree roots.
Seeing this, I rolled my eyes again.
I originally planned to use this magnifying glass to pretend to be a detective, and I was lucky enough to show off some tricks, but now it’s good, the cos props are gone.
"This can't be done, Si Ye." Edogawa said happily.
"Mr. Ranpo," I stood up unconvinced, barely holding back the anger in my heart, "I remember the president mentioned that I seem to be assisting you, right?"
"Ah... why do you need a famous detective to solve such a trivial matter personally?" Edogawa closed his eyes and faced the blue sky.
I clenched my fists and resisted the urge to hit the "president's son".
"Speaking of which, Si Ye, what did you find out?" he asked after calming down for a while.
"Insects rarely grow on the roots of trees, only on the trunks."
Edogawa Ranpo: "?"
"All in all, I really can't see anything!" I growled in a low voice.
Edogawa looked at me as if he were mentally retarded, and then, probably thinking about my IQ, he finally gave up and said: "Along this way, from west to east, the ability of tree trunks to absorb objects is getting stronger and stronger. "
"Why? How did you find out?"
"It's stupid, it's stupid. Don't you think about it, did the tree roots actively absorb the flashlight before?" Edogawa waved his hand and squinted his eyes slightly.
"Ah!" I suddenly realized. Looking back on this journey, the flashlight almost touched the tree trunk several times, but nothing happened. But this time, it was absorbed by the tree trunk almost as soon as it hit the ground.
"So, what Mr. Ranpo means is that the cause of all this may be in the east. Right?" I turned my head and looked at Edogawa's profile.
"That's understandable," he nodded, "but if Si Ye wants to go like that, he will definitely not be able to come back."
"The enemy is too strong?"
"We are too weak." Edogawa shrugged and smiled.
Jingle Bell--
A vibration came from my pants pocket. I took out my phone and found that it was Kunikida calling.
"Moxi moxi."
"If you find any clues, come back and have a meeting."
"Are you anxious?"
"You'll be anxious if you come back."
I was so ashamed that I hung up the phone after a few vague words. I thought about it, looking at Edogawa's confident look, I guess I had a pretty good guess in my heart.
That's it, let's go back to the club.
"Mr. Ranpo?" I greeted Edogawa.
"Let's go." Edogawa nodded and strode to me.
…
"Everyone, I'm back." After knocking on the door, I sighed and entered the house.
"It seems that Mr. Si Ye has gained a lot." Dazai was lying on the sofa with his eyes half closed. The expression on his face was unclear whether it was ridicule or something else.
"Where is the source?" Kunikida looked at his notebook, and after saying this, he muttered again.
No one responded.
"Mr. Ranpo?" I reminded Edogawa in a low voice.
"No~I want~" Edogawa walked to his seat, opened a bag of snacks and started chewing.
"Mr. Ranpo, can you please tell me your reasoning?" Kunikida said, pushing up his glasses slightly.
"What good will it do to me?" Edogawa asked.
money? This had little appeal to Edogawa. snack? He has plenty.
Kunikida seemed to be stuck in a self-imposed impasse, with a grimace on his face as he didn't know what to say.
"The president will praise you." Dazai sat up and rubbed his fluffy black hair.
"That's it... okay then," Edogawa stopped what he was doing and thought for a moment before replying, "There is a port in the far east, which is probably the birthplace."
"Understood."
"But if you want to go now, I advise you to give up." Edogawa said.
"But if you don't go, it will never be solved." Dazai got off the sofa and rested one hand comfortably on Kunikida's desk.
"Yeah..." Edogawa agreed in a muffled voice.
"Let's go, Si Ye-kun, let's go take a look together~" Dazai walked up to me and casually put an arm on my shoulder.
"No, no! Why am I still there?" Because I turned my head too fast, my neck made a "Grack" sound.
"And it's just us~" Dazai added kindly.
"Okay, it just so happens that you two go to investigate the situation." Kunikida agreed.
Hearing this, I glanced at Edogawa in panic. I found that he still maintained a leisurely look, silently letting himself be buried in the pile of snacks.
what happened?
So does what he just said, "We are too weak," still hold true?
If that's true, why didn't he stop Dazai and me?
But before my questioning eyes could reach Edogawa, I was hurriedly dragged away by Dazai.
Only a glance of my resentment was left in the air.
Did these two people have a plan? !
After following Dazai out, I remained silent as always, but this time it was not because I was embarrassed, but because there were always different thoughts flowing in my heart.
"What's wrong, Si Ye-kun, do you have a lady in your heart that you want to die with?" Dazai obviously noticed the difference in me at this time and joked leisurely.
"Mr. Dazai..." I shouted helplessly.
"Now," Dazai waved his hand, "So what is the reason?"
"Ah... I don't know why, Mr. Dazai, I always feel that we are in danger." As I said that, I hugged my weak and helpless self tightly.
In response to this, Dazai snorted softly. It was inevitable that he would be perfunctory, but he definitely showed contempt for my worries.
I lowered my head lightly, pursed my lips, and remained silent like Dazai.
I still remember that the light was just right at that time, and it was shining on the head, brewing a bit of tenderness. At this time, we had no idea what would happen next.
"Mr. Dazai...he's here." While I was breathing, my body shivered involuntarily.
In front of us, the once prosperous port now looked like a land eroded by the undead.
A freighter was diagonally stuck in the water, half of the cargo on the plywood was soaked in the water, and there were some dark marks on it. To be honest, I didn't want it to be blood or something more terrifying.
Looking at the port, the bundles of books waiting to be transported have long been dimmed by the sunlight day after day.
"Mr. Dazai," I stared at this vision, "Why do I feel like Yue Ge has suddenly closed down."
Dazai said nothing.
But there is a certain truth to what I say. Generally, books are wrapped in kraft paper for transportation to prevent the book paper from being oxidized or soaked in water.
But at this time, the books in front of us were all exposed. Apparently, some emergency happened and was terminated before we had time to package them.
"Speaking of which, I have some ideas." Dazai's face was buried in the sun, making it difficult for me to distinguish his emotions.
"What?"
"It's a tree, Si Yejun... look there."
I looked in the direction of Dazai's fingertips and found a branch wriggling like a snake.
My mind suddenly went blank.
However, the enemy obviously didn't give me time to react. More and more branches sprouted from the ground. They still had fresh green leaves, but they were doing such terrible things.
"Run!" I yelled.
"It's too late, Si Ye-kun." Dazai's voice revealed a decisive coldness.
He took out two pistols, threw one to me, and used the other himself.
What, was Dazai already prepared?
My mind was in terrible confusion, but I could only grit my teeth.
"Okay." I responded, breathing heavily.
