If the cycle of book pages is nothing more than a Möbius strip of endless destiny, then Edogawa Ranpo would have given up on this boring journey of spoilers long ago. He won't do anything meaningless.
But on the other hand, as long as there is a little hope, he will try desperately.
It was Xiao Wu who gave him hope.
They have been together for many worlds, and Edogawa Ranpo has witnessed "Satoru" change from Gojo Satoru to Edogawa Satoru.
In the superposition of the world, everyone is affected and has a vague impression of the "future"; only Xiaowu is different. Others are moving forward, but he is the only one who is going backwards.
He started from possessing Gojo Satoru's memory, slowly lost his memory, and finally had his own consciousness.
The only three readers of the book, Edogawa Ranpo witnessed everything.
"You are pure Edogawa."
From that moment on, Ranpo made up his mind to make Xiao Wu become a reality in this completely false world of book pages.
The real premise is to prove Edogawa Satoru's independence.
Independence is the first step to break away from books.
The first idea that came to Ranpo's mind at that time was to seal Gojo Satoru.
Because Gojo Satoru will either die or be sealed, and I have already taken action against Gojo Satoru in the last dozen pages of the book. It is really hypocritical to say that I will not seal Gojo Satoru and have to find other methods.
And this is a method currently known to Ranpo that has clear process results.
Making Xiao Wu realize his falsehood is the second step to escape from the book.
Ranpo has confessed in the pages of the book in the past, but Satoru has no idea that he is "fake." Normal people should not feel that they are unreal, so Ranpo decided to use his departure as a hook to lure Xiao Wu to leave Yokohama to find his own life experience. However, there were other reasons why he left Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu has liked to skip steps and copy answers directly since he was a child. He acts very passively and only does things when others push him away. Ranpo thought that this was an opportunity for Xiao Wu to grow up and change his bad habits.
The final step is to destroy falsehood. As a tool containing the "law of cause and effect", book pages cannot be destroyed directly. But when the characters created by the book realize that they are false or when more than three people view the contents of the book pages, the book will become useless pages.
Edogawa wandered around, closing the cap of his pen, writing and drawing on the paper, leaving meaningless marks.
His assistant was worried about him, and was getting more and more worried. He looked at Fuheshier like a bad girl who kidnapped her own good child. Ranpo had to transfer Fukuzawa and asked Fukuzawa's assistant to protect his younger brother in the orphanage to prevent him from hesitating due to Fukuzawa's actions.
He regards Fuze as his relative in his heart, so he will naturally modify his plan because of Fuze's concerns.
On April 1st, Kensuo sent a curse spirit to kill him, and the only one who was frightened was Fukuzawa Yukichi, who was not at the scene. He rushed to Tokyo all the way and scolded Edogawa Ranpo. After calming down, he turned around and saw Fushiguro, who appeared in the apartment with extremely disheveled clothes.
The string in Fukuzawa Yukichi's mind was broken.
He picked up the knife and said painfully: "Ranbu, it's because I didn't protect you that I let you..."
Ranbu:?
Fu Ze and Shi Er had a fight and demolished half of the apartment.
With no place to stay, the plan to run into Tokyo had to be interrupted. Since this part of the plan was not important, he and Fukuzawa took Fushiguro back to Yokohama first.
During this period, Fukuzawa was like an old hen guarding his eggs, guarding the Edogawa River almost all the time. As long as Fushiguro Shiji was present, he would be ready and eager to send Shiji to Andoku Academy.
In this regard, Fuheishier said that it was not impossible for him to go if he paid.
So he had to separate the two people, let Shi Er investigate the barrier in Yokohama and the preservation of the spells in the envelope, and let Fukuzawa protect Xiao Wu when he went to the police academy.
After their parents died, they saw each other about once a week, and the frequency was greatly reduced.
After sending Shi'er to do things, Luanbu went to see Xiaowu as usual.
The expression on Xiao Wu’s face when he wants to complain about the infrequent meetings but holds back his grievances is super cute.
Edogawa Ranpo smiled and handed his birthday gift to Edogawa Satoru: "These are a pair of sunglasses, do you like them?"
Xiaowu's eyes lit up and he took the glasses case happily: "Mine? Thank you, brother!"
He wanted to ask why he was given sunglasses. He glanced at Ranbu and then looked back. The blush on his face was about to overflow: "Well, can I take it apart now?! I want to see it now, brother, let me Break it down!”
After Ranbu nodded, Xiao Wu immediately opened the packaging bag carefully, took out the sunglasses and put them on his nose.
With white hair, black sunglasses and a silly smile, he looks like a blind master in a massage parlor.
Ranbu narrowed his eyes and reached out to take off the sunglasses from Xiao Wu's face: "Remember to carry this with you."
"Okay!"
Xiaowu said sweetly.
How amazing.
Gojo Satoru in Tokyo and Edogawa Satoru in front of him.
Two people who are consistent and opposite.
Ranbu ruffled Xiao Wu's hair as usual.
When he turned around, Xiao Wu pulled him, his eyes a little confused: "Brother, why didn't you say see you next week?"
"Sorry, I was thinking about the case and forgot about it." Edogawa Ranpo patted his chest, "Your brother is so awesome, the mayor is begging to solve the case."
Really worthy of being a brother. Xiaowu felt relieved.
But why don't you say "see you next week"?
[Sure enough, it’s because I’m such a waste QAQ, my brother doesn’t even want to talk to me about his affairs. ]
He looked at the sunglasses in his hand and took out the rolling pencil from the pencil case.
Odd number, catch up and ask my brother.
If it's an even number, don't chase it, wait until my brother takes the initiative to tell me.
The pencil rolled on the floor.
——
Kensuo had contacted Haiyuan and was sure that Edogawa Ranpo was dead, but he lurked for a long time and did not dare to show his face, for fear that Ranpo was pretending to be dead.
I don't know why he always has a fear of overturning. However, Edogawa Ranpo has not been seen in Tokyo since April 1, nor has he returned to Yokohama. Like really dead.
Being led by Fuhei Shen'er, it was strange that Kensuo could find Ranbu.
He rented a house far away from home and school, settled temporarily, and then began to pack up the daily necessities placed in the school.
These are not necessary, but Ranpo doesn't want to leave it to his roommates who are jealous of Ranpo-sama's talent.
On April 24, the notice of withdrawal came as he expected.
He replaced the surveillance just to deceive Fuze and create a sign that he had just started planning the book.
After that, Ranpo completely hid himself, faked signs of his disappearance in Yokohama, and then took his assistant Uncle Fukuzawa to various places to check the situation of cursed objects.
Fukuzawa watched over Edogawa Ranpo all day long, leaving him no time or energy to use the book.
Ranpo still kept an eye on Xiao Wu and gave him some hints when he deviated from his direction.
Fuze followed him everywhere and gradually let go of his worries about him.
Ranpo mentally apologized in less than a second.
As long as Fuze doesn't know, it's equivalent to him not doing anything.
In this case, no matter whether the result he wants is successful or not, he will still have at least one family member left.
——
Gojo Satoru has booked a very troublesome student.
And I didn't find him myself, I accepted him half-heartedly, so I always disliked this new student at first.
Perhaps the frequency of taking care of this student is not as high as the number of times he chats with Edogawa Ranpo every week.
Gojo Satoru admitted that he had murderous intentions when Edogawa Ranpo proposed to seal him.
The strongest seal?
Who gave you the courage and courage?
But Ranpo said that the key to sealing him was not him himself, but the people he protected.
It's not Xia Youjie, it could be Fushiguro Megumi and the others.
He fell silent.
He has long known that the strongest cannot save everyone. "Saving people" is a false proposition, while "dead people" is the substantive result.
Twelve years ago, during the astral matter incident, Gojo Satoru was seriously injured. Fushiguro was so excited that he threw away half of his brain that his employer had asked for and rushed to the Hoshi Palace.
Halfway through the fight with Xia Youjie, he suddenly remembered that his mission was not to kill the star slurry. Fushiheiji kicked Xia Youjie unconscious, turned around and went back to find his brain, and faced Gojou Satoru who had learned the reversal technique. Right.
Fushiguro: ...Gojo Satoru, are you a loser? !
He has already dug half of his brain into it. Can you give me a reasonable scientific explanation? !
Gojo Satoru thought that Xia Youjie and Astral Body Tenuchi Riko had been killed by Fushiguro Shiji, so he fought Fushiguro Shiji and killed Fushiguro Shiji.
"Someone told me I would die here... It's really strange. I sold my son to the Chanyuan family, and he was entrusted to you."
Gojo Satoru didn't listen carefully to Fushiguro's words and hurried to the Nosei Palace.
What he was most fortunate about at that time was that his comrades and the people he was protecting were not dead.
Riko was hidden by them and declared dead.
He checked on the dark web and found that the ID of the person who issued the mission to Fushiguro Shiji was "Lord Ranpo". The specific content of the mission was invisible and only the person who accepted the mission knew it, but Gojo Satoru remembered the name by then.
It turns out that they already knew each other at that time.
Gojo Satoru said: "Okay, I will consider it."
He will also investigate slowly until he confirms what Ranpo said.
Edogawa's randomness is normal, no matter which world, Gojo Satoru will choose to cooperate with him in the end.
Because they both have the same goal.
Let this long period of tragedy change.
Although Xia Youjie defected, they still had contact. After Gojo Satoru was stabbed, he lost one of his six eyes. Xia Youjie was very concerned about humanitarianism and ate and lived with Gojo Satoru for a long time to prevent Gojo Satoru from running out and going crazy before his brain was well developed.
It was during this time together that Gojo Satoru discovered that Xia Youjie was under a lot of pressure.
The astral event caused both of them to reflect and make progress.
Being strong doesn't mean anything. Being as strong as Gojo Satoru will also lead to death.
Being firm doesn't mean anything. Even someone as determined as Xia Youjie will waver in his determination.
They talked for a long time, first blaming each other, but were interrupted by Tenuchi Riko knocking on the head, and a fight was avoided. Then they began to state their ideas, and as they spoke, they began to laugh at each other's naive ideas.
When Gojo Satoru thinks of those times, he can curl up his lips and feel slightly happy.
That's when they decided to superficially separate. The upper echelons of the conjuring world looked down upon capable and young young people getting together. They wanted to break up on the surface and make people in the conjuring world think that their relationship was broken, so that the dirty people behind the scenes could relax their vigilance.
Xia Youjie defected in his senior year of high school.
Gojo Satoru, on the other hand, established connections with the political circles through the Yokohama government, which was absolutely impossible to have any connection with the magic world.
The world of magic is a double-edged sword in the hands of the Japanese government. It can deal with both cursed spirits and unspeakable people or things.
The "window" is actually hidden in the police station. By identifying the nature of the report, it reports suspected cases of curse spirits or monsters to the special departments of the government, who then transfer the cases to the supervision department of the magic world. The state pays for the conjurer's salary.
The top management of the magic world has controlled the magic world by controlling the Ministry of Supervision, and behind these high-level officials are senior officials in the political circles. They have taken a large portion of state funds to help the top management of the magic world hide the magic world and use the magic world to improve their performance. own competitiveness.
Gojo Satoru is not used to dealing with politicians, but Haibara Ye is different.
Haibara turned out to be the chief of the Supernatural Special Agents Section in Yokohama, a lawless area with many superpowers. After being transferred, he joined the city government and worked in the city government. He also had connections with the demon world and had a wide network of connections.
The most important thing is that there is no magic power and no magic master in Yokohama. Gojo Satoru just doesn't want the magic world to know what he wants to do.
He wanted a new look for the world of magic.
Gojo Satoru forced himself to learn how to control the Gojo family, develop the Gojo family, and get closer to senior officials in the upper echelons of politics.
He moved forward year after year, and by the time he stopped, many years had passed.
Gojo Satoru looked back and recalled that he had taken the wrong path and done wrong things over the years. Fortunately, he always had close friends by his side.
Twelve years. How many twelve years can a life last?
"Seal me?"
A low laugh resonated in his chest.
OK. Very good.
Seal him on October 31st?
Then he will wait and deal with all the clowns who jumped out after he was sealed.
At that time, his wish should come true.
He does not represent justice.
——
"So my brother has already decided on these?"
"If Gojo Satoru has not been sealed, there is no other way." Edogawa Ranpo said, "The Drowning Spring in Yokohama can be changed by changing the soul. But before that, you have been mixed with the blood of the vampires, and you have already Deviated.”
Xiao Wu was stunned: "Is it the drowning spring where you become a girl after one sip and get pregnant after two sips?"
Ranpo smiled and nodded.
"Brother, are you kidding me?!"
"Hahahaha." Ranbu said vaguely.
Xiao Wu wanted to read the last two pages of the book, but Ranpo refused to let him.
He looked up at the time and took Xiaowu out for dinner. After eating, they were still walking around Yokohama.
"Well, there's no rush." Ranbu said.
Xiaowu seemed to realize something and followed Ranbu quietly.
He stepped on the wandering shadows, and the dim street lights were too bright, snatching away the shadows. Xiao Wu took three steps forward and took Ranbu's hand.
"So, why is my brother hiding from me?"
[I am so good, my brother saw that I was very cooperative when he got the pages of the book. ]
[Why? ]
Edogawa Ranpo didn't want to go missing either.
He wanted to spend this time with his brother.
No one knows the consequences of breaking away from falsehood and the page. Ranpo doesn't know either.
Edogawa Ranpo was the accomplice of Edogawa Satoru.
Standing in front of Edogawa Satoru now is Edogawa Ranpo who comes from another page like Fushiguro Jinji.
After arranging everything in April, the Edogawa Ranpo of this world is already holding a one-way ticket and heading to the next page.
He died calmly.
This time he didn't save anyone but Edogawa Satoru.
Don't say this kind of thing to make Xiao Wu feel uncomfortable. Edogawa Ranpo showed his brotherly attitude and patted his chest: "Of course I left you for a reason, as long as I believe in my brother."
October 31, 11:58, Edogawa Ranpo handed the penultimate page to Xiao Wu.
You have to believe in me and I love you. These few words have been repeated countless times.
Are you tired of hearing this, too?
Then change the sentence.
"Xiaowu, Sayunara."
The body slowly became transparent. I wanted to hold my brother's hand but it penetrated his body. I wanted to hug but couldn't. The moment Xiao Wu held the page, he felt the world withdrawing from him.
Like countless hands pulling him away from here.
Don’t——
He stretched out his hand, trying to reach his brother.
Ranbu didn't cry. He should still be crying, with tears decorating his smile, and his open eyes watching with nostalgia the slowly disappearing Edogawa Satoru, that touch of green like the blessing of the all-encompassing forest, with a fresh farewell.
He said goodbye to Xiao Wu with a smile.
——
"Welcome to Prison Gate."
An unexpected guest disturbed the sleeping man, and he slowly woke up.
He holds a page and lies among skeletons, embraced by death and bones.
The man pulled off his blindfold, revealing his blue eyes. He sat up and gently wiped away the tears hanging on Xiao Wu's face: "Your brother raised you to love crying. You are completely different from me."
This is what my brother said.
The world outside the pages?
(End of chapter)
The author said: It will be finished soon, within one or two chapters.
If no one orders the extra, I'll just add "Talk about it later".
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