Heroic Spirit Transformation System 2

Chapter 32: Feeling Offended

"Don't you know everything about this kind of thing just by looking at it?"

……Um?!

Mr. Ranpo, are you talking?!

Kunikida Doppo's movements paused for a moment. Even though he knew that his idea was stupid, he couldn't help but hesitantly look at Edogawa Ranpo beside him.

Then he saw Edogawa Ranpo's happy smile: "What I understand is that it's something that can be understood at a glance, but people don't know why they can't always see it!"

Kunikida Doppo: "..."

Kunikida Doppo fell into deep thought.

Speaking of which, he thought that Holmes's eyes looked a bit familiar before, but now that he thinks about it... isn't this the feeling when being seen through by Mr. Ranpo?!

Kunikida Doppo looked at Mr. Ranpo who took the initiative to talk to Mr. Holmes with mixed emotions, feeling that he was like a primary school student who finally made friends.

However, this superficial friendship was soon broken, because Osamu Dazai said with a smile: "Mr. Holmes is also a detective."

"I can see that." Edogawa Ranpo said, "But I am still the best detective in the world."

The atmosphere suddenly became stagnant.

Kunikida Doppo saw Mr. Holmes glance at Osamu Dazai, who was worried about the world being in chaos, and smiled. Osamu Dazai immediately clasped his hands together and begged for mercy... This was rare. Generally speaking, Osamu Dazai would not trick anyone to death.

What apologies...

Then there is only one truth!

After all, he is also a member of the detective agency. Kunikida Doppo immediately deduced a relatively high possibility——

Dazai Osamu probably has something that was discovered by the other party!

But what excuse can Osamu Dazai have? It feels like he doesn't care about anything... Could it be that he is secretly planning to cause big troubles and is afraid of being discovered by them?

Kunikida Doppo's eyes gradually became sharper!

In fact, Kunikida Doppo's guess was correct. Dazai Osamu did have a short-term validity period. It was not a clue but something he didn't want others to know for the time being was known to Nanaya.

When Qiuye stayed at Dazai Osamu's house yesterday, she took advantage of the fact that the other party did not dare to drive her away so as not to cause other problems. During the chat, she revealed everything about Dazai Osamu's next plan.

Why would you actively invite enemy A to Yokohama, then pretend to cooperate with enemy B behind A’s back, and also prepare the antidote in advance and wait to be poisoned or stabbed in the back...

"Your companions will not agree with you doing this." Qiye concluded, "If you set up a trap with your own life, you will be beaten."

Dazai Osamu sighed: "Even Mr. Ranpo wouldn't say it directly..."

Qiye, who was cheated by Dazai Osamu, has no regrets: "I'm sorry, it's a rare time to come to this world. I'm a little happy now and can't control it."

Osamu Dazai: "..."

Does this guy like to analyze people when he is happy? But think about the novels he read, this Sherlock Holmes can give himself morphine just because he is bored. Now that he can analyze people with enthusiasm, it shows that he is interested in him.

Valuable and interesting... This kind of experience is rare.

Moreover, this is the protagonist in the novel that I am chasing! This feeling is even more amazing!

"Although I knew Mr. Holmes was very smart when I read the novel, this level is still a bit surprising." Dazai couldn't get rid of his old habits. Even after being analyzed to this extent, he still couldn't help but test, "The combat ability is also a bit surprising."

Much stronger than imagined.”

"Because you haven't finished reading." Qiye said without changing his expression.

"Although I haven't finished reading it, please believe that I am a fan of Mr. Holmes."

Osamu Dazai said with a smile: "I have carefully written down the parts I have seen, but the strength you have shown before is somewhat beyond the 'description in the book'. The working principle of 'nursery rhymes' makes me a little confused...ah,

Please don’t misunderstand, since I already know that the newly written ‘nursery rhyme’ cannot be realized, this is just to satisfy my personal curiosity.”

Even if Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo want to analyze anything, they still need intelligence. It’s just that their ability to obtain information and analyze intelligence is so powerful that it seems a bit miraculous, but it is only based on what he revealed in his conversation with Holmes just now.

Judging from the abilities of Sherlock Holmes in the novels he read, he should not be able to analyze so much information.

Osamu Dazai was very interested in why the Holmes in front of him could reach this level.

Out of curiosity?

I believe you, you are a troubled person with bad intentions and good intentions!

Qiye continued to criticize, but he also knew that Holmes' reasoning in the original work would not reach the level he revealed now, but for his plan, he still needed to continue to gain trust, so he brought out the explanation he had prepared long ago.

"'Nursery Rhymes' just sublimates me based on my [origin]."

"Origin?" Osamu Dazai didn't feel annoyed at all and continued to ask.

Because Qiye likes to explain in the original works of Sherlock Holmes, he has to maintain his image at this time: "For example, my identity is [Revealer], [Origin] - or in the words you understand, it can be roughly understood as [

Essence] - is [Explanation]."

Osamu Dazai is a smart man, and it is enough for him to understand Nanye when he talks about it to this extent.

"I see, after being sublimated by the 'nursery rhyme', the concept of [Explanation] has reached the level of [superpower]..."

"That's right." Qiye said, "Similarly, my original setting was only to be proficient in sword, boxing and Barton skills. Now, I think that no ordinary person without superpowers can beat me."

Osamu Dazai didn't think it was strange that Holmes knew so many things that theoretically should not be explained to creatures... After all, according to what was said just now, judging from Holmes' reasoning ability, these were probably deduced by Holmes himself.

He just felt that it was worthy of being a 'book', and that an ordinary character could also be very interesting...

Osamu Dazai didn't feel like he was being set up. After all, Atsushi Nakajima discovered the 'book' by coincidence; he used various means to test whether it was a strange prop, but it was because of him that he forced out the consciousness of the 'book'.

It was unexpected; as for letting 'Book' read the novel to him, it was his own decision, and no one could control it...

"The Sherlock Holmes" is not a novel that can be written in a short time. Although he has not finished reading it, he has briefly flipped through it later. The plot is coherent and logical. It can be seen that the author is very careful, but he did not investigate anything.

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It's so strange that this kind of author is not famous. Maybe he has only written in "books", and judging from the short stories, he may not even know the function of "books" and just treat them as ordinary notebooks.

Woolen cloth.

Considering that the 'book' that was originally rumored to be blank turned out to be in the shape of a nursery rhyme picture book when he got it, Osamu Dazai believed that his guess was reasonable.

As for the effect of the superpower... First of all, Dazai Osamu's own superpower is invalidation. Although he knows that there are existences beyond his ability that cannot be invalidated, such as Lovecraft who is currently sleeping on the bottom of the sea, but

He doesn't think this kind of existence will appear in bulk.

With the 'book' in his hand, his ability has not disappeared, and he can even sneak directly into the dream of the demon Dostoevsky; the 'book' can turn into a human form; the 'book' can be shown to him.

Novels that do not exist in this world; 'Books' can summon Sherlock Holmes; Sherlock Holmes can have supernatural-level reasoning abilities; Sherlock Holmes's tattered clothes were restored to neatness when he took off his coat again after arriving at his house...

This kind of wholesale phenomenon cannot be invalidated by [disqualification in the world]. If you insist on finding a reason, it all comes down to the reason of [because it is a 'book'], which is worse than [I don't know who found a group of people who happened to restrain his ability.

People come to act with him] This kind of operation is very laborious, may not be found, and requires coincidence, which is much more reliable.

It is true that smart people are more difficult to deceive, but similarly, because they themselves know that it is difficult to deceive, they are more convinced than ordinary people about the content of their guesses.

However, smarter people will quickly revise their thoughts when they discover doubts, so Qiye will not be careless...

Alas, although he was a little unlucky at first, he really laid a very good foundation by using the nursery rhyme Heroic Spirit Card. He can use it to explain any problem [because it is the effect of the 'book'], which is better than using it from the beginning.

Other heroic cards are much better.

In this way, Qiye spent yesterday's overnight stay and gained Dazai Osamu's trust by uncovering Dazai Osamu's secrets.

There is also a tacit understanding between him and Osamu Dazai, that is, Nanaya will not tell these things in front of others to disrupt Dazai Osamu's plan, so any show of weakness and begging for mercy just now was completely done by Dazai Osamu himself.

At this moment, he noticed that Kunikida Doppo was looking at him alertly and inquiringly because of his own drama. Osamu Dazai raised his eyebrows: "Kunikida-kun, you actually look at me like this, I'm so sad."

Kunikida adjusted his glasses and denied, "I didn't say anything."

"But the look in your eyes said everything." Osamu Dazai asked Nanaya for advice, "It's very obvious, right?"

Nanaya would not let go of this opportunity to trick Dazai Osamu. If it weren't for Dazai Osamu, he might still be able to save a Heroic Spirit Card quota now.

"His suspicion is correct, your sadness is unnecessary." Anyway, this did not disrupt Dazai Osamu's plan, Qiye said without saving him any face.

Dazai Osamu: "...You also have a very evil character, Mr. Holmes, we have agreed."

"Hmm, I thought you should have known this."

"Because I haven't finished reading it yet..."

Kunikida Doppo was confused when he heard this conversation, but Edogawa Ranpo put on his glasses at some point and looked at the other side for a while before showing a depressed expression.

"I see, I understand." Edogawa Ranpo took off his glasses and sighed, "Let me just say, there is no detective in this world who is more powerful than Ranpo-sama..."

Kunikida Doppo: "...???"

Mr. Ranpo, what do you understand?! Let’s talk about it instead?!

Dazai Osamu smiled and glanced at Edogawa Ranpo.

"Ah - I know, don't look at me like that." Edogawa Ranpo said impatiently, "If you tell me, there will be a lot of trouble, I know, I know."

Kunikida Doppo looked confused: "Why are you so angry all of a sudden..."

"Not angry!"

Edogawa Ranpo left angrily.

Osamu Dazai understood what was going on.

There weren't many clues before, but just now he said something like "because I haven't finished reading." Ranpo should have realized it, otherwise he wouldn't have put on his glasses to confirm.

I finally thought I had a companion, but it turned out that the other person was created by a "book". He was not a real person at all and could not stay for a long time.

The scenery in his eyes is still something only he can see...

Osamu Dazai lamented: "Mr. Ranpo, he probably feels that he has been deceived emotionally."

Kunikida Doppo was confused from beginning to end: "...???"

What the hell?! Nothing happened just now?! Why did you deceive your feelings? Who can deceive Mr. Ranpo!

Can't you guys speak more clearly and straightforwardly? I always feel that a lot of content is omitted in the middle!

I feel offended!

Although Kunikida Doppo was very depressed, he quickly adjusted his mentality: "Then let's continue..."

"Everyone, it's time to have a meeting." Yosano Akiko knocked on the door and came in, "It seems to be a big case. The Secret Service Division assigned us. Let's go to the conference room."