I'm on the scramble

On the night when the combination incident ended, almost everyone involved in the incident, including the clerks who had been transferred outside the prefecture, came back and gathered in the detective agency's office to plan a "secret operation" that was only kept secret by one person. .

The sky outside the window has already been covered with a velvet blue night. Although the air is still filled with gunpowder smoke that has not dissipated, this port city has restored its former peace with the efforts of everyone.

Everyone stayed in the office of the Armed Detective Agency, deliberately not turning on the lights, as if waiting for someone to return, brewing exciting darkness.But as long as you hold your breath and listen carefully, you can clearly feel that there are different atmospheres in every corner of the office, and the vague outlines of the staff are also faintly hidden in the darkness.

Disgusted by the crowding around him, Ah Li had to maintain a posture of holding a long bandage with one hand to prevent a guy on the other side of the bandage from slipping away. The damp cloth strip in the back, lowered the voice to issue a warning.

"Hey, Dazai, don't move around for me..."

The salted fish, which was wet just after being pulled out of the water, with most of its clothes still soaked... No, Dazai, calmed down without love.

"I promise, I won't leave Miss Li in the future... So can you loosen, uh, my neck? Miss Li's 'special attention' at a certain time is really overwhelming..."

"Stop talking so much here."

Ah Li really wanted to punish this frivolous guy with an iron fist, but at this time another person standing beside him coquettishly grabbed his sleeve.

"Ali, how long will it take to turn on the lights..."

Mr. Detective, who was not used to the dark environment, hid under the table restlessly and moved his shoulders. Ari immediately shook off the white wakame-like Dazai in his hand, and turned to comfort him in secret.

"Good, just wait a little longer."

It just so happened that at this time, the boos of the companions who were ambushing in other positions reminded them of the commotion on their side, and they identified the source of the sound as if it came from Xie Ye.

"Hush! They seem to be back—"

Everyone quickly sewed the zipper on their mouths, and held their breaths to listen to the steps of the two people who were gradually approaching the door.The two people outside stood at the door for a while, as if they were cheering themselves up, and then put their hands on the door panel.

With a creak, the door was gently pushed open a crack, and the warm yellow light in the corridor poured into the office along the open angle.

"This is……"

Finding the darkness in the office, Atsushi who returned to the detective agency with Kyoka couldn't help but make a sound in doubt.

Before they had time to think, Naomi, who was standing by the light line and getting ready, snickered and pressed the switch.

'Snapped--'

The moment the office was restored to light, the salutes held by everyone were fired together.Colorful ribbons fluttered in the air, under the splendor, each of them happily smiled at the kimono girl who came in, and shouted in unison——

"Welcome to the Armed Detective Agency, Xiao Jinghua!"

Amidst the lively cheers, everyone's happy faces were reflected in Jinghua's blue eyes.She opened her eyes slightly, and her pupils kept shaking, as if the whole world was painted with happiness as the brushstroke.

This night is not only to celebrate everyone successfully repelling the powerful enemy, but also to hold a welcome party for newcomers.

After giving the surprise, the colleagues immediately went forward to surround the black-haired girl who had successfully joined the detective agency and surrounded her in the center, rushing her small body in.

In fact, Ali originally wanted to call Ling to come to the party... Yes, it was the Ling who confessed that he would pick the orange tree back for him, but he forgot about him because of the random walk.

Ah Li, who did not become a good father, held back the tears of repentance, and wanted to call him to come over to make amends, but when he went back to look for the other party, he said he would go back first.Finally, Zhishen blinked at A Li mysteriously.

[The celebration is better left to your own people, please let me go back now, I still have a lot of 'work' to deal with. 】

Hearing what he said, Ah Li could only feel melancholy for a while, and it was hard to keep him.After exchanging contact information with him, he let him go.

Leaving these things aside, at this time, after successfully welcoming Jinghua into the door, Ah Li actively came to Jinghua's side and rubbed her head.Two girls of about the same height rubbed their heads lovingly while the other accepted it meekly. They looked like a pair of sisters who had a good relationship.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Jinghua, who looked as docile as a little white rabbit, pinched the phone on her chest, and nodded obediently at her.

Sure enough, the pretty little girl was very cured just looking at it.

But when she thought so, the big white tiger next door became sour.

"Why wasn't there a welcome party when I joined the club..."

Dun murmured in a low voice.Only in this comparison can it be seen that he seems to have been picked up, and the differential treatment is too obvious.

But soon, Ah Li didn't favor one another and leaned over to pat his head.

"This is your welcome party too."

Ali, who was facing him, smiled brightly, and shouted loudly: "It's not too late to say now——Welcome to the Armed Detective Agency, Dun Dun!"

Colleagues around also let out good-natured laughter, and then did the same thing as Ah Li did, after counting down for 3 seconds, they said to him in unison: "Welcome to the Armed Detective Agency—"

Laughter mixed with cheers, and it didn't stop for a long time.The silver-haired boy opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, so he lowered his head to hide the sudden heat in his eyes, and whispered shyly like a mosquito, "Mmm...thank you."

"Come and have dinner together, brother made a lot of food!"

Soon everyone brought the two newcomers from the detective agency to the dining table.They cleaned up the things on several desks and put them together to form a large table.There are a lot of freshly baked food, fried food, boiled food, Oden, snacks, beer drinks, and even big cakes on it.In addition, there is an uncountable amount of food served on the table, which can be said to be a rare and extravagant feast for a detective agency.

They pour wine, drink juice, drink juice, laughing loudly at each other about what happened during the group.And at this time, Kunikida, who went out to carry out the arrest mission, finally dragged a very reluctant family squatter into the office.

"Don't pull my country Kida, just let me stay alone in the room and love Yoshiko forever, why do you have to let me see the dazzling world outside!"

"I can't help it. The final notice given by Li told me that I must bring you here tonight no matter what."

Kunikida let out a long breath, then ignored his friendship with Fa Xiao for more than ten years, carried him and threw him into the office.

The young man with glasses who was hiding in a heavy quilt kept struggling, completely abandoned such things as image, and wrapped himself into a chubby silkworm chrysalis.

"Kunikida and you guys are back? It just so happens that I have something to talk to Hanakou!"

Seeing that the two people who were absent finally came late, Ah Li put down the tray full of food in his hands, walked towards them without stopping, and took the silkworm chrysalis in one go and dragged it away.

"Wait, where are you taking me?!"

Not long after Tianshan Huadai entered the door, he was dragged out by Ah Li again.While everyone was eating and drinking inside, Ah Li took the flower bag to the corridor outside the detective agency and started talking.

In the combined battle, everyone's combat operations were very smooth, and it is undoubtedly the best to usher in the current result of avoiding the suffering of the city.None of the members suffered much harm, even if they did, there was also Dr. Xie Ye in their detective agency.With her in the detective agency, a serious injury is equal to no injury.

"What exactly do you want to tell me..." The flower bag that was dragged out alone shrank under the quilt, his expression full of anxiety.

"I just want to ask you, are you serious about the 'confession' you said earlier?"

Unlike his anxiety that was about to overflow, Ah Li stared at him with open and clear eyes, and went straight to the point when he spoke.

Being so direct actually made Huadai feel uncomfortable.He looked down at the exposed toes of his flip-flops, feeling like he was going to turn into a master builder and dig out a fortress on the ground.

"Why do you still ask this..."

The young man with glasses wrapped in the quilt muttered, but was stunned by the other party's next words.

"Because it's a flower bag."

Ah Li's voice echoed shallowly around the corridor.To be honest, facing such a provocative embarrassment, she was actually quite unnatural, twirling her hair with her fingers, making small movements round and round.

"Because you are not other insignificant people, but a very important friend, so I have to face your feelings seriously..."

The flower bag was hidden in the quilt, and the fists hanging on the outside of his legs were clenched violently.After a while, he suddenly hugged his head and squatted down, dragging the quilt behind his back to the ground without realizing it.

"Forget it, I won't listen, I won't listen, I won't listen. Anyway, you must send me a friend card or good person card!"

Huadai, who is well versed in this kind of routine, shouted in deception.He is not a brave person, on the contrary, his otaku mentality makes him look like a shameful coward. [Escaping shameful but useful] This sentence is a wise saying that he recognizes.

If he is rejected for the second time, he will definitely be unbearable...

"What, I also seriously want to give you a formal answer!"

Seeing this gesture of unwillingness to cooperate, Ah Li puffed up his mouth in disbelief.But seeing his evasive appearance, she was still discouraged and canceled her original plan.

"Forget it, if you don't want to listen, I won't force you. After all... how should I put it, I have to drag you out and force you to listen to me. There is always a kind of person who automatically stands in a superior position just because he is liked. I hate the feeling. I just want to impose my own ideas on you, and it's normal if you don't want to... Well, just pretend that I haven't said anything. "

The corridor suddenly became quiet because of these words, the colorful silkworm chrysalis squatted in front of it, and the fragile larva enclosed inside remained motionless as if it had fallen asleep.After a long while, there was a sound from inside.

"I hate gentle people."

Staying under the thick quilt, his words were barely audible through layers of cotton.

"Gentle people, they are actually very gentle to everyone. In the end, only I can't help but immerse myself in this kind of tenderness that doesn't belong to me alone. Whenever I think about it, I feel very painful..."

"But I know that I am a person who can only be saved by tenderness. In the days when I was humble and accomplished nothing, just because of your simple hello, I was thinking wildly, because of your bright smile, the deer ran wild, because your figure appeared In the field of vision, I was foolishly excited all day... This feeling makes me no longer like myself, but I don't hate it."

A Li listened to his confession in a daze, finally he got his head out of the quilt and stood up again.Standing up, he is much taller than Ah Li, and he is a real man who is similar to her age, already mature and in some ways extremely naive.

Perhaps no matter how old a man grows, there is still a child living in his heart.He is like this, and Luanbu is even more like this.

And such a person, she does not hate.

"Don't think too much! I knew that my confession would be rejected, and I didn't have any hope from the beginning. So you, so you don't have to worry about it at all. Doesn't it make me feel useless to keep worrying about this kind of thing? !"

Wrapped in a small quilt, she stood up in a flower bag, and said to her in a broken jar from behind: "Say, after all, someone like you has a cute face, but a super bad personality, and always disagrees with you." The fierce and beating type, I only need to be blind once in my life! Look, the women I really admire are the Yamato Nadeko type with fluttering hair, noble and elegant, and often wearing white dresses. You're a hundred times better—"

He said a happy flower bag in one breath and then hugged his head for a second. He thought that if he said that, he would definitely be beaten.But Ah Li didn't, she stared at the flower bag and blinked, then suddenly laughed.

"Honestly, it feels like I've been dumped."

She snorted, squinting at Huadai's frightened expression at the end of her eyes.After deliberately intimidating for a while, seeing that she had achieved her goal, she put away her expression and smiled brightly.

"But I'm still very happy—you liked me for the flower bag." She put her hands behind her back in embarrassment, and showed a sweet smile from the bottom of her heart.

"Thank you, Flower Bag."

After finishing speaking, Ah Li turned around and wanted to go back to the detective agency.

"That, Rubble..."

And at this moment, Hanako apologized behind her.

"I'm sorry, I missed the white whale before... I didn't expect another hacker to directly blast the protective program network of the central control room, causing the entire spaceship to lose control and fall..."

The voice of the quilt youth was full of guilt.Ah Li turned around in surprise, seeing his downcast eyes dodging.

So she had no choice but to temporarily give up her plan to go back, and walked up to him again, as if surprised at how he said those words, and poked the quilt bride Fangzi who was carrying him.

"Why are you apologizing? It's not your fault."

Huadai seemed to want to say something about this, but Ah Li stopped him.

"Even if there is a mistake, so what, 'partners' exist for this kind of situation-even if one member of the team has a deficiency, the others will try their best to make up for it. 'Companion'."

And the definition of 'companion' still applies to him now.

"companion……"

Huadai murmured and wanted to say something else, but Ah Li slapped his hunchbacked body suddenly, causing him to straighten up completely in fright.Then he was forcibly dragged by the petite but extremely powerful girl to the detective agency. Tonight's feast has just begun.

"In my opinion, Huadai, you should hurry back to work in the detective agency. Without you here, I always feel like something is missing..."

Hearing this, the eyes behind the flower bag lenses couldn't help but light up with hope: "...Is it true that I'm just squatting at home, even if I'm such a useless and boring me, do you think I'm so important?"

A Li, who was walking in front, nodded eagerly: "Yeah, I can't persecute you, it always feels like a big piece of fun is missing from life."

The blood in the flower bag disappeared instantly in this woman's words: "It's too much! Give me back all my emotions!"

The quilt fine flower bag is like a Shiba Inu who has gone out for a stroll and refuses to go home. It squats on the ground and refuses to move, and the quilt is dragged and carried by Ali.The two of them pulled each other like this, and dragged back to the door of the office bit by bit. As a result, as soon as the door was opened, a group of guys who were eavesdropping lost the support of the door, and it seemed like waves hitting the beach. Pan Qi brushed forward and rushed to her feet.

"...What are you doing?"

Caught a bunch of guys listening to the corner on the spot, Ah Li's eyes suddenly became dangerous.

Look, Dazai bears the brunt of it, followed by Ton who was caught as a backstop, Kunikida who pretended to be offline, Tanizaki who was sweating profusely, etc...

The few people with a strong desire to survive raised their hands and surrendered in front of the big devil at the top of the detective agency's food chain.

"Jenga! We're playing Jenga!"

Ash: "..."

Birds of a feather flock together and people are divided into groups, and the people in their detective agency really even find the same perfunctory excuses - driving trains and Jenga music are almost at the same level as kindergartens.