Mr. Oda and his friends

"Strange……"

Flipping through the appointment record with Yosano Akiko and muttering to herself, Edogawa walked past her in a random step, grabbed the record and opened it: "What's so strange?"

"Well... there is Mr. Kunikida Doppo who called yesterday and made an appointment and said that he would come for an interview today. What time is it, and there is no sign of him yet."

She was a little surprised, and looked at the clock hanging on the wall: "45:[-]..."

"Late for 45 minutes? That's voluntary abandonment!" Ranpo Edogawa read the record, and suddenly asked, "This Kunikida, have you sent your resume yet?"

"No," Yosano Akiko shook his head: "Call directly to inquire, and then agree to meet before ten o'clock."

"Oh, that's all right, cross him out."

Not to mention that organizations prefer to recruit people who are qualified and less likely to change jobs. The vast majority of people in society are more inclined to consider companies that have existed for a long time.There is no particular reason, the main reason is the sense of security.It is true that the new company has vitality, but it is uncertain whether the vitality is strong or not.Don't close down within two or three years after working, and find another job is difficult to explain, and it is easy to be considered unlucky by the new boss.

Perhaps this Kunikida Doppo received several interview invitations at the same time, and it is natural to choose the best among them.Compared with other more famous colleagues, the armed detective agency that just moved out of the abandoned railway base is really not competitive-it is definitely an accident to recruit Oda Sakunosuke.

Yosano Akiko got advice from Edogawa Ranpo, and when he thought about it, he crossed out Kunikida Doppo's name.She continued to look down the record: "Um...the next applicant is scheduled at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, I hope it won't be another missed ticket."

Anyway, the job advertisement is valid for a long time, and President Fukuzawa doesn't seem to be in a hurry to hire people, just take it slow.

"Let me see~" Luanbu propped his chin to look into her hand, and quickly pouted his lips to look away: "This person is useless, if you don't believe me, let's make a bet!"

A detective said he wanted to bet, and the other two would support him whether they wanted to or not.Oda Sakunosuke sat on the seat and muffled: "What are you betting on? How do you bet?"

"Yeah, let me think about it..."

"It's better to bet on how long he stays in the office."

Yosano Akiko said boldly: "No problem, how about a dessert from the coffee shop downstairs?"

The coffee shop downstairs is good and cheap, and new members can also afford it.

——If you can’t afford it... The boss also agreed to let everyone credit for a few days for the sake of Mr. Ranpo.

"Yeah!" Luanbu raised his hands in agreement, "I bet the applicants who come tomorrow will leave the office within half an hour!"

"Then I'll bet for an hour."

"I'll bet for an hour too."

At the same time as the three of them reached the bet, Hihe finished his studies and left the president's office. It was almost noon, and it was time for lunch.

"Oda, Hiyori, let's go to lunch together?"

Akiko put the materials on the file rack, and the sun shone on the butterfly hairpin on her head, giving off a warm golden light from the cold and hard metal.

Being called to have dinner together by the seniors means that he has successfully integrated into the new group. Although Oda Sakunosuke didn't care about it, in order to try to show a gregarious appearance, he closed his notebook and got up quickly: "Okay."

He jumped up and down and ran to open the door: "...Huh?"

He stopped at the door, lowered his head and looked at the people standing outside for a while: "You, you must be Kunikida Doppo."

Only a famous detective can make interrogative sentences look like exclamatory sentences.

Oda Sakunosuke stepped forward consciously, and pulled the senior and the girl, who were worrying about their military strength, behind him: "What's wrong?"

Only then did Hiyori see a primary school student standing outside the door through the crowd.

It should be a primary school student, right?

Yellow hair, wearing glasses, carrying a schoolbag, with a serious face.

"We don't accept child labor here!" Luanbu yelled loudly.

The primary school student glanced at Rihe: "She..."

"She's not!" the detective puffed up his cheeks.

"I mean..." the elementary school student hesitated to speak, and hopped around: "You needn't say it, you're two hours late, there's no chance. Besides, Xiao Rihe is a family member!"

The elementary school student gave up, took a step back and bowed his head: "Kunikida Doppo, I'm here to apologize."

He seemed to be in the stage of changing his voice, and when he didn't pay attention to his childish voice, his childish voice came out: "My cousin is playing around, and if he loses the game outside, he will be punished with my name. I'm sorry."

It turned out to be a big adventure!

Detective:……

I was thinking of pranking, but I didn't expect it to be this way!

"I said, why is there only a telephone consultation..."

Yosano Akiko whispered to himself to remind himself to be more rigorous in his work in the future, and the young boy outside bent down and made a standard bow: "I'm sorry, I have caused unnecessary trouble to your work, I am very guilty."

"Ah—it's useless to say such things to us," Luanbu waved his hand: "You should apologize to the president, he has been waiting for you all morning."

"..."

Kid Kunikida Doppo, who is absolutely impossible to play truant, blushed: "Sorry."

"Come with me, and I'll explain the situation for you." Yosano Akiko let go of Hiyori's hand, turned around and led the way: "Why didn't your cousin come to apologize? This matter was his fault, why did you find Xiao The child takes the responsibility."

"After all, it's my name, so it's not unrelated. When I have the ability, I will definitely pressure my cousin to come to the door to apologize."

That is to say, at the moment, others are soft-spoken, so they can only bite the bullet and take the blame.

The child's expression was too serious, it was President Fukuzawa and Miyata Hiyori's "three successes".Coupled with his serious attitude, Yosano Akiko snickered silently behind the children's back: "I understand, please apologize to the president, he will forgive you."

Even if no one came to apologize, President Fukuzawa would not take this trivial matter to heart.

"Thank you."

The door of the president's office opened, and Mr. Fukuzawa, who was marking with a primary school textbook in one hand and a pen in the other, looked at the elementary school students who walked in, full of bewilderment.

What's the matter, kid?again?

Yosano Akiko stepped forward and introduced: "President, this is Mr. Kunikida Doppo who agreed to come for an interview today. But something unexpected happened, please listen to me first..."

Fukuzawa Yukichi listened patiently to her speech, and was a little bit dumbfounded after learning about the oolong inside.

I never thought that this kind of "deception" incident would fall on me.

"Since it was not intentional, let's forget it this time. However, please send a message to your cousin. The Armed Detective Agency will never accept any commission from him from now on."

The clay figurine is still angry, if he doesn't show some attitude, is it really easy to bully him as a lone swordsman, Yinlang?

Little Kunikida pushed his glasses: "It's fair, I agree with your decision."

Now he doesn't speak like a primary school student at all, he is old-fashioned.

Mr. President appreciatively looked him up and down: "It's you, I can postpone this interview opportunity until you graduate from high school."

Honesty and responsibility are virtues, but unfortunately not everyone has them.Fukuzawa Yukichi saw this rare quality in this young boy, and of course he was willing to break the rules for him.

Kunikida Doppo was stunned, not quite understanding this kind of development: "Ah...ah?"

"Compared with professional ability, I value the moral conduct of my subordinates more. In this regard, you have passed."

He waved the child away: "Go back quickly, don't let the family worry."

"Thank you, goodbye."

The children seriously lowered their heads and bowed, even at ninety degrees.

Yosano Akiko laughed and said, "Then let's go down to have lunch and send 'Mr. Kunikida' off!"

"Go, I have an appointment with a friend, and I won't be at the detective agency this afternoon." President Fukuzawa put down the primary school textbook in his hand, and then he saw that it was getting late.

He hastily put on his saber, and left earlier than the commune members who planned to go to lunch together.

Edogawa ranpo shouted goodbye to the president outside, and then impatiently urged Akiko to bring the visitors out.

After a few footsteps, the office was soon empty.

Sending off Kunikida's children, three members and a family member gathered at the whirlpool cafe for lunch.

The owner of the coffee shop is a gentleman who has a lot of research on coffee. However, none of the guests who have just moved in are interested in coffee, so he can only develop in a wider direction.

"Sweet curry, spicy curry, omurice, soba, right?"

The hostess has also become a Buddha. In less than a month, the detectives of the Armed Detective Agency have helped the whirlpool cafe to open up countless new menus.

Including Mr. President, who just visited for the first time a few days ago, no one in this institution pays close attention to other people's signs.

I guess it doesn't matter if I read it.

"Yes, yes! Hurry up~"

Luanbu sat on the leather cushion and rocked back and forth, with a childlike smile on his face.Even though he is the oldest senior, he is doted on intentionally or unintentionally by all the members who are younger than him.

The hostess responded with a smile, and the sound of cheerful and crisp footsteps gradually faded away.

Hiyori took out three fruit candies from his pocket and silently placed them on the table, pushing one towards Sakunosuke Oda, one towards the famous detective, and the last one towards Yosano Akiko.

As for Mr. Fukuzawa, his one is already lying in his sleeve pocket.

"Akiko said that good friends should share joy."

She doesn't know what joy is, but the little girl is willing to share the sweetness of fruit candy.

It's just an ordinary assorted fruit hard candy, which was added as a discount when shopping for snacks, and Oda Sakunosuke put it in her pocket before going out in the morning.

The noisy squint-eyed boy suddenly fell into silence. In the next second, he opened his eyes and looked around helplessly—Yoshino Akiko's eyes were red, and Oda Sakunosuke touched Miyata Hiyori's small head full of tears. face pleased.

Nobody taught her that.

They all understood that this child might have some congenital defects. She was like a child of God who lived in a place isolated from the world, ignorant of the human relations that should exist in the world.

If you don't know, you don't know, and no one cares.

But inadvertently, an almost invisible flower bud appeared between the tender branches.

Mr. Fukuzawa, who was the first to get the fruit candy, almost burst into tears.

Although they only got together for three days, Miyata Hiyori made him deeply feel the inherent kindness in human nature - as long as he is patiently guided, this child will definitely give all his tenderness in return.

The hard fruit candy is the only thing that Hiyori has at the moment and is at his disposal.