9 CHAPTER IX
For the sake of effect, the stage lights are usually much brighter than they seem, and Nishinomiya Tsurukage stood in the light, the corners of his lips were a faint narrow smile. He didn't let the audience discover:
"Little detective, meow, I'll let you go back."
"......" Edogawa Ranbu has a pair of extremely beautiful green eyes, cat-like, clear and indifferent, slightly narrow. He seldom opened his eyes, always squinting, after all, most of the things in the world were not worthy of his careful attention.
But now.
Cats stare at people!
It seemed like a matter of an instant, and he was replaced with cat ears and cat tails. The spotlight shone overhead, and the painted glass hit his face with beautiful light and shadow, psychedelic and hazy, and there were flickering lights and figures as far as the eye could see. Edogawa was stunned for a moment.
Being photographed by so many media, even he will feel a little ashamed! Detectives should be famous for solving crimes, not playing with cat ears!
"You did it on purpose." He was trapped in a glass box, his palm against the glass, he could feel the gaps left around him, so that he couldn't breathe, but it was absolutely impossible for a person to pass through in a short time, "Hold a grudge, be stingy, it's really a bad taste adult." ”
"Mi." Nishinomiya Tsurukage made a cat-teasing sound.
Although it is impossible for the little detective to cooperate with the performance, the performance still has to be carried out. Nishinomiya Tsurukage picked up the corner of the tablecloth and covered the box with a shake of his hand. Edogawa walked through the glass, and through the haze of the fabric, you could faintly hear the applause outside like a tide.
What happened? It was the first time he had been so heart-scratching.
It was clear that this magic had happened to him, but he didn't have a clue.
Cheating by people with abnormal abilities? No, no, the man in front of him doesn't look like he has a different ability, and his confidence comes from other things.
And at that time they were so far away, the noise on the stage was louder than expected, he shouldn't have been able to hear him. Lip-syncing? Did he look in his own direction at that time?
This man must have had some other way to observe his area.
The vision darkened again, and when he opened his eyes again, he was already sitting back in his original seat, and the marble soda in front of him had just been opened.
"Ranbu, you just ......" The president looked at him with some surprise in his eyes, obviously also shocked by magic.
I don't understand at all -
Edogawa stared at his fingertips and at the people performing card tricks on stage. It's a very simple magic trick that just relies on the movement of your fingers to hide the cards, and theoretically anyone can practice it as long as they are fast enough.
But how did he get to the stage just now?
"What was the magic trick just now?" Edogawa Ranbu heard a table of people chatting not far away, "At such a distance, randomly pick the audience?" ”
"Dazai-kun, the secret of magic can't be revealed casually, and I don't know what method my brother used."
"Are you sure your brother didn't use the ability?"
"Of course." Nishinomiya replied, "He respects magic very much. ”
Edogawa Ranbu touched it little by little, and stood near the table.
He walked over, and the president's gaze followed. And one more person approached, and Mori Ouwai's eyes were falling on Edogawa Ranbu, a young man who had just appeared on the stage, and at a glance, he intuitively felt that this young man was quite like an unpolished jade.
The eyes of the two sides collided.
“……”
“……”
What a coincidence.
You're going to take the kids too.
Lord Silver Wolf and the current leader of Mafia sat separately, and it was rare for them to meet old friends tonight, but it was rare that they did not have to fight each other. Fairy tales, there is no life-and-death fight.
"Aren't you the one on stage just now?" Nakahara was also facing the Edogawa Ranbu table, so he was also the first to see Ranbu approaching, and he was a little excited tonight, very enthusiastic, "The magic trick just now was so exciting!" ”
Alice also saw it, she waved her little hand, and said innocently: "Are you trusting?" ”
"It's not." Edogawa narrowed his eyes again. He could naturally see what kind of people were at the two tables here, but tonight was so fairytale, he judged that there would not be any danger.
There were no vacant seats, so he went back and dragged an empty chair himself, and forcibly shared a table with them.
"Hello." Xigong Yueyu greeted him.
Edogawa shook his head, simple and direct: "You are his brother, but is the real relationship really like this?" ”
"You are the people of Port Mafia, working under a stupid uncle. You ......," he looked at Alice, "you don't seem to be human. ”
In two sentences, everyone at the table fell silent.
Even the Mori Ou next door was silent.
There is a table here, one is counted as one, and it is the simplest in the Central Plains, and there is no "installation". And it looks quite human-like, more human-like than human.
The president actually mentioned to him not to expose other people's things casually, but where does Edogawa Ranbu understand this? For him, these two sentences are not debunking at all, they are just ordinary facts to say, just like everyone greets.
Mori Ouwai was a little wary and stunned, but more of an appreciation, Osamu Dazai was a little fried, but he covered it up well, he didn't like the feeling of being seen through too much. As for Xigong Yueyu, he was also more or less frightened, but fortunately, he was always calm and not panicked. He said, "Are you a detective?" ”
"It's a detective." Edogawa Ranbu was not tall, and he put his legs on the chair and crossed his legs. He was a little upset, and it was obvious that the few people in front of him didn't like what he said, but they each smiled and pretended to be mysterious.
He didn't have any clue about the mystery game of magic, which made him a little irritable. But when you encounter a puzzle that you can't solve, you want to know what the answer is, and you have to get the answer.
Xigong Yueyu silently pushed the snack in front of him.
This black cat looks like he's blown up...... I didn't expect the detectives in Yokohama to be so careless, and the people I knew in the United States were obviously ......
There was still applause around, and after a few big magic tricks, the show was coming to an end.
Nakahara is also out of state: "The magic just now, how did you get to the stage?" ”
This sentence was relieved, and Ranbu's attention was immediately divided into this. He was puffed up, his cheeks bulging and turning into a fried little animal: "I don't know either!" ”
"But the magic trick just now is really wonderful," Zhongyuan Zhong is also a very good audience, everyone applauded and he applauded, when the atmosphere group, "When you suddenly appeared on the stage, everyone was stunned for a moment, and thought it was the little black cat who had become a sperm." ”
The magician on the stage was scooping up small animals from his hat, and he caught a white rabbit, but a black cat head also came out, followed by several white birds.
Osamu Dazai also nodded, and he smiled: "It's cute." ”
This laugh is not the heartfelt satisfaction of Nakahara Nakaya, but the flavor of mischief, although Edogawa Ranbu can't read people's hearts, but wisdom tells him that the brown-haired boy in front of him is risking malice.
He suddenly remembered something.
Edogawa walked and touched his head.
Two things, furry, black, and pointy.
The cat's ears are still there-
Belch!
Did he just carry these two cat ears through the crowd and move the stool!
The chaotic cat opened its teeth and claws, and swallowed the coarse snack on the table in one gulp!
The show is over.
The applause was thunderous, and under the slow shaking of the stage decoration, the bizarre picture scroll was completely unfolded, and the Xigong Crane Shadow saluted the audience again, and the backstage staff and the assistants who had made cameos in the previous performance also came to the stage.
It's time for cheers, and the enthusiastic fans are chanting and screaming for an autograph.
There were so many people that the staff had to start maintaining order in case of stampedes and accidental overboarding. Nishinomiya Yueyu also stood up and wanted to leave the A2 area.
Didn't work out.
He was swept away by the influx of people.
"Interview! What was it like to just be selected as a lucky audience member to appear on stage? "You're so lucky! Can I be selected, can I shake your hand? "Honey, do you sell cat ears on your head? What I have is money. ”
A lot of people, countless people. The Edogawa ranbu that they surrounded was just an interview at first, but soon, the black cat's head was rubbed by a hand that didn't know where to come out.
Another handful.
It was hell.
By the time Edogawa squeezed out of hell, there was only one black cat-ear hairpin left on his head, and God knows who took the other. His hair was messy, his clothes were wrinkled, and the normal audience around him had already left, including a few people at the table just now.
Only the president is waiting for him.
"The president......" was a little aggrieved unconsciously, and ran over with his lips pouted. The powerful and vicious Silver Wolf Lord was quiet without anyone around him.
He looked up and wanted to say something to the president.
But.
The president stretched out his hand with a cold face-
He rubbed a handful of the black cat's head, which had only one ear left.
Let's pet the cat first!
……
Xigong Yueyu likes the lively world, but he doesn't like such a crowded situation at all, he is small, and when he is squeezed by someone, he is pushed into the distance without resistance, and all the people he knows are gone.
Xigong Tsurukage's side is also surrounded by fans, and he is in trouble to death.
With great difficulty, he broke free from the crowd and hid on a quiet path with an artificial lake on the side. There are very few lanterns, and the light is very dark.
Xigong Yueyu simply stood by the lake and sorted out his clothes, and carefully folded the fabric on the cuffs.
"Gurgling ......"
“……”
The scene is somewhat familiar. Nishinomiya Yueyu stood on the stone by the lake, and looking down was a miserable little white face of Osamu Dazai.
"Dazai-kun, what exactly are you doing?" He was confused, "Playing the water ghost?" ”
"I'm gurgling in the water......"
"But the water in the artificial lake is only 70 cm!"
"Gurgling...... "Osamu Dazai turned over from the water and sat up, and sure enough, the water was unusually shallow, and he would not be submerged while sitting. Two weeds stuck on top of his head, tangled in bandages.
- Cute water ghosts sell cuteness online.
"There are too many people." He was dressed in black, which was even darker when soaked in water, and his wet hair was knotted and stuck to his white forehead, clean but ghostly, "And then I fell into the water!" ”
Xigong Yueyu didn't believe it.
He stood on the stone: "Isn't it cold in the water?" I'll pull you up. ”
But Osamu Dazai didn't move.
He sat in the water, and the water of the pool at night was dark, the color of engulfing people, and his clothes were darker than the water. At this angle, the brown hair of the iris is also dyed like ink, and there is no trace of light, leaving the pale face.
A drop of water drips from the hair, glides over the eyelid, and descends the curvature of the face, converging to the tip of the chin.
Tick.
So quiet.
"It's been a great evening." His tone didn't seem like he thought it was good at all, flat and eccentric, "A fairy tale, a dream for adults." ”
"Nights are meant to be dreaming."
"Fairy tales and dreams, what's the point? Wake up and it's still the same, has anything changed? The world is still decaying and destroying, and so do I, and so do you. Xigong Yueyu, I really want to ask him, is it really necessary to indulge in these false dreams. ”
"You can ask him yourself." Nishinomiya squatted down and tried her best to maintain a horizontal line with Osamu Dazai, "It's just a relaxation, it doesn't need to be meaningful." You see, everybody is having a great time, at least for now. ”
"Get up, it's not good if you have a cold."
He held out a hand.
"How can there be so much meaning, now is the meaning of the present, living is the meaning of living, Dazai-kun is here, it is the meaning of Dazai-kun, just like the lemon tea with ice cubes tonight, the melting ice cubes are the meaning of melting ice cubes. At least I like the taste. ”
He grabbed his other slippery, cold hand.
They fell together on the soft grass.
Soggy.
Osamu Dazai shook his hair, and the small dark green lanterns of the willow trees on the side flickered, so the water droplets on his body also flickered.
Cool, but energizing.
He pressed Xigong Yueyu: "I have another question." ”
"Huh?"
The sound of the audience unpacking the gift bag was heard in the distance: "There are so many little things with the moon element." "Don't you know, Xigong Heying has a younger brother with 'Yue' in his name, he can spoil his younger brother!" "Really? Too envious! ”
"The detective said that your relationship with your brother is not real, I want to know......" Osamu Dazai's eyes burned.
It was the light of curiosity, the fire of gossip.
"What is the relationship?"
Small lights shimmer.
Two aquatic plants stuck in the top of Osamu Dazai's head.
Green to glow!