After all of them are reborn, who would still want to marry 2.5 Jo Satoru?

"So, the fact that this matter ended up like this is still Dazai Osamu's fault."

Having said that, Edogawa Ranpo rarely showed a bit of annoyance and anger, as if he was completely unable to understand what the other party was thinking.

"I really don't know what he's thinking. If he's determined to kill Lan Tang, he should just do it quickly."

"If you're determined to force him to tell you the truth, why not just play Truth or Dare?"

"It also saves us from having to find a bunch of people to join us. From a distance, we see people fighting, but up close, we see people doing their homework."

"He arranged so much, but in the end it was a complete mess. I had to clean up the mess myself, and Liuli left heartbroken. It was the worst possible outcome."

"It's all his fault!"

The only thing that can make a script team miscalculate is another script team. Edogawa Ranpo's overall plan from the beginning was disrupted by Dazai Osamu's script, which had also been arranged for a long time.

In the end, he had to go into the battle himself to provide assists, and with the help of Mori Ogai and Fyodor, and the backup of Ayatsuji Yukito, Wang Jiang was able to kill Randou.

It's a hell of a joke.

A group of script crews held scripts in their hands, scheming against each other, and in the end, they inflicted zero damage.

Let Wang win the MVP (member who contributed most to the victory) of a Dragon Theater.

It's embarrassing to say it out loud.

More importantly, although Liuli claims to be playing the role of a fool, she herself possesses a large amount of information. The omniscient is omnipotent, and information itself is a kind of ability.

She guessed what Dazai Osamu had done, what Mori Ogai might have done, that Fyodor was behind Shibusawa Tatsuhiko, and that Yosano Akiko's failure to return to Yokohama was definitely due to the instigation of Edogawa Ranpo.

Except for Yukito Ayatsuji who served as a backup, he really did nothing, and she had a rough guess about what the others did.

So she left Yokohama without hesitation.

She knew that everyone had good intentions and that this incident could not be blamed on any one person alone. To be more specific, she was also a beneficiary of this murder.

A beneficiary has no right to blame the killer because she also benefits from it.

You can't enjoy the benefits while claiming your innocence and ignorance.

What is lost is lost, and what is gained is gained.

When you gain far more than you lose, the loss itself is no longer pure, and even the sadness is mixed with other complex emotions.

So Liuli chose to leave Yokohama.

Leave all the past behind.

In a sense, isn't this what Dazai Osamu, Edogawa Ranpo and even Fyodor wanted?

Not bound by unstable emotions, possessing enough strength to protect oneself, one can go wherever one wants, freely.

After a brief period of sadness, live happily and freely.

"I was very determined at the beginning." Ranpo whispered, "I think I made the best choice. I don't think I will regret it."

"As long as she is happy, no matter what happens to me, I will not regret it."

"But...but...as I watched that plane fly away, I still felt like my heart was about to break."

"I realized that the most terrible thing had happened and the worst consequences had arrived. Even though I kept comforting myself in my heart, I still realized..."

"We are really heading towards the worst ending." Ranpo murmured.

Even though a smart person thought of the worst possible outcome from the beginning, human nature still made him think of the best.

He thought maybe Liuli wouldn't realize what he had done, and he thought maybe she would forgive him after she knew.

He thought that even if the rose turned into a white bird, he would still be the same little tree.

When she was a rose, he could shelter her from the wind and rain; when she was a white bird, he also had a treetop for her to temporarily perch on.

But she flew away.

She didn't want the tree anymore.

Witnessing this scene, Edogawa Ranpo was like a goldfish with its belly turned up, gasping for breath on the waterless land.

The heart-wrenching pain made him almost numb, as if someone had taken a part of his body away.

He asked himself, do you accept such an ending?

Haven't you already thought of this ending?

Why don't you accept it?

Aren’t you clear about this in your heart?

No matter how nicely you say it, aren't you still going against her wishes? Aren't you still acting on your own? Aren't you still forcing your own ideas on her? Aren't you still forcing your own version of happiness on her?

Want to protect her.

Want her to be happy.

This obsession even surpassed the fear of losing her.

Edogawa Ranpo was still staring at the ants on the ground in a daze. His mind seemed to have returned to the past, back to Yokohama, back to the moment when he watched the plane leave.

The wind blew his hair, and a few ants were diverted.

Countless scenes appeared before his eyes.

In that green courtyard, envelopes were flying in the sky like white doves. The girl reached out and grabbed him who was trying to escape angrily.

Liuli.

In the cozy living room, with a large pile of food on the table, the girl called the post office and said to him:

We should respect the roles played by others because everyone is living their lives very seriously.

Liuli.

Liuli, who plays chess with him.

Liuli went shopping with him.

Liuli took his hand and walked forward, smiling at him.

Give him half of the snack.

Liuli affectionately calls him "my genius".

Liuli was afraid of this world, but also taught him how to survive in this world.

as well as,

Under the warm light, Liuli said that she was playing the role of a fool who longed to become a genius, and a weak person who longed to become a strong person.

He wanted her to be happy.

She is so good, so gentle, so kind, and so brave. In this world that is not good at all, Liuli, who is so good, is the one who deserves happiness the most.

He wanted her to walk on a smooth path, even if she was hated, even if she was considered a betrayer, even if she never wanted to see him again.

Edogawa Ranpo thought, even so, even so...

Even if I can never see her again, even if we can't even be friends, even if we can never play chess, go shopping, take a walk, or eat snacks together again...

Even if she would never smile at him again.

That's okay too.

That's what he thought.

But when it all really happened, he felt sad again.

"Occasionally... just occasionally, I feel that maybe I really did something wrong." Edogawa Ranpo said softly.

Yosano Akiko was stunned when she heard his words, and seemed unable to believe that he would actually say that.

Edogawa Ranpo said to himself, "After Ruri left, I went to see Ayatsuji Yukito."