After becoming a chaotic daughter

At the end of Golden Week, there was another member in the detective agency.

It was the unconscious girl who was brought back with Yosano and Atsushi before, her name was Izumi Kyoka, she was just 14 years old, the same age as Kenji and Nanako.

The girl is not tall, about the same size as Nanako, wearing a red printed kimono, her long indigo hair is tied into two bundles with a white flower-shaped hair ornament, hanging on her chest, her blue eyes are like gemstones Deep and translucent, always expressionless, like a delicate doll.

"Is this... is it really okay?" After the vacation was over, after hearing Nanako finish talking about this matter, Miwa's expression was a little tangled.

Looking for the vacation homework to be handed in in her schoolbag, Nanako said "Huh?" and asked, "What?"

"That's it..." Miwa lowered her voice subconsciously, "Is it really not illegal to recruit 14-year-old child labor?"

She herself only dared to do odd jobs secretly, and her salary was paid daily or weekly, but the detective agency accepted two 14-year-old members in a row. If someone reported it, it would be very troublesome. .

Nanako herself doesn't really know whether she will break the law or not. Logically speaking, she should be able to, but maybe it is because the work of the detective agency is quite special, so it is possible to recruit minors. In short, Kenji has already worked in the agency for two years. It has been more than a month, police officer Yasui, police officer Aoki, and the new police officer Minura, many of the police officers who came to the detective agency have met Kenji, but no one said it was impossible.

She told Miwa about her guess, and Miwa half-believed, but reluctantly accepted Nanako's words and asked, "Is Miss Izumi a good person to get along with?"

"Hmm..." Nanako thought for a long time, recalled the few words she had said to Jinghua in the past few days in her mind, and finally answered Sanwa: "I don't know, I haven't said anything to her. "

"Uh," Miwa was choked by her dry answer, but thinking about the description of "Izumi Kyoka" that Nanako mentioned just now, it seems that Nanako's answer is not surprising at all.

It sounds like Izumi Kyouka is a girl who doesn't talk much, and Nanako herself doesn't like to talk.It would be fine if the other party is a cheerful peer like Kenji, but if it is a girl who is also taciturn, Miwa can almost imagine the scene of two people getting along.

——In the reception room of the detective agency, two girls of the same age and size sat face to face on the sofas on both sides, each with a small expressionless face and dark eyes that seemed to be inorganic. The other has the words [Izumi Kyoka] on the face of the other (because Miwa has never seen her, so I can't imagine Kyoka's face), the two are relatively speechless, looking at each other silently .

silence.

silence.

Still silent.

The reception room was as silent as a sealed coffin.

Unconsciously, such a scene appeared in his mind, and Sanlun immediately shook his head vigorously, shaking the picture out of his mind.

Sure enough, she should take a look at it next time she goes to work in a detective agency.

Three rounds thought in my heart.

*******

It is true that Nanako did not speak a few words to Kyoka.

Although they are both girls at the same age, and even have a bit of a reticent personality, Nanako is not good at dealing with people. Basically, she responds only when others talk to her, so she has been with Kyoka ever since I only said "thank you", "let me go", "Brother Dun is looking for you", and so on that don't even count as "chat".

Talking to a girl like her is a very boring thing. You may only get one "effective response" after three sentences.Most of the children and adolescent girls have limited patience. It’s okay to say a few words occasionally, but if you want to “chat” with her often, you will choose to give up every two times. That’s why she only has one round every three times since elementary school. friend.

Today, Sanwa has a job. After school, Nanako packed her things by herself and prepared to go back to the detective agency with her schoolbag on her back.

As soon as she walked out of the school gate, she saw Quan Jinghua standing quietly at the school gate.

The petite and slender girl was wearing a conspicuous red kimono. Although she was standing silently in the corner, she could be seen at a glance.Scattered students came out of the school, and their eyes subconsciously stayed in that direction for two more seconds.

Nanako felt that Kyoka should be looking for her, so she walked over and stopped in front of Kyoka.

The girl with long indigo blue hair raised her head, her voice was soft and cold, like the snow that had fallen in early winter, but still immature in line with her age, she said to Nanako, "Mr. Ranpo asked me to pick you up."

Nanako: "...Oh."

Although she didn't quite understand the operation of "asking a 14-year-old girl to pick up another 14-year-old girl from school", she still responded dryly.

"Going back on foot?" Jinghua continued to ask her, her tone was serious, but it was not the same as Nanako's usual "seriousness", Jinghua's tone was more "serious", like a routine inquiry Same.

Nanako looked at the bus stop not far away. There were not many students waiting for the bus, so she replied to Jinghua: "Take the bus back."

"Understood." Jinghua nodded slightly, her eyes solemn.

【…】

[It feels a little weird. 】

Nanako didn't quite understand why the girl in front of her had an awe-inspiring expression as if she was about to blow up the bus.

She and Kyoka are not very familiar yet, and there is nothing to chat about, so the two walked to the station platform together quietly. The bus arrived at the station in less than 2 minutes. When Nanako got on the bus, there were still two people in the front row. There was an empty seat, she trotted over with her schoolbag on her back, and sat down side by side with Jinghua.

These stops are all schools, and the bus is full of students. The combination of Nanako and Kyoka is very conspicuous on the bus. From time to time, eyes are cast towards them. Students wearing different school uniforms and themselves The companions whispered whispers.

Although it is not uncommon for people to travel in kimonos nowadays, they are not very common, especially in the case of a car full of students wearing uniforms, the only Kyoka wearing a red kimono is particularly eye-catching.

When you notice the kimono, you will notice the two girls sitting side by side. Nanako and Kyoka have small expressionless faces, about the same height, and their eyes seem to be unblinking, as if they are Two puppets posing together.

"It's a kimono..."

"Twins? Like dolls."

"It doesn't look alike... the girl in the blue school uniform looks very ordinary."

"Fraternal twins."

"The expression is very similar..."

There were rustling whispers in the carriage, the voice was so low that only fragmentary words could be heard.Nanako was sitting on a chair with her head hanging in a daze, her mind was completely empty and she didn't notice anything.

——"Hey, No.1!"

A boy's voice suddenly sounded in front of him.

Nanako was startled by the sudden sound, shrank her shoulders, and was a bit slow in reacting before she raised her head and saw a few boys in Qingxue uniforms standing in front of her.

Seeing her looking up, the tallest boy raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you the No.1 in the second grade? The one whose surname is... Edogawa?"

"Wrong, wrong," another fat boy next to him elbowed his chest, and said with a smile, "No.1 is not her now, you have a bad memory, Qingren! Haha! "

"Who is here now? It seems to be a boy? What's his name, Xiaochi?"

"It's the original Wannian second son—"

"It's so pitiful hahaha..."

A few boys laughed happily, Nanako looked up at them, there was no movement in her dark eyes, like a piece of ink that had dried up and condensed, she couldn't even see the expression.

"Hey, No.1, is this your twin sister?" The tall boy glanced at Kyoka who was sitting upright, and asked Nanako again.

"..." Nanako stared at him without speaking, and shook her head after two seconds.

"That's your friend?" The fat boy asked, before Nanako could answer, he asked Jinghua, "Primary school girl, what's your name?"

Jinghua didn't even raise her head, she sat motionless on the seat, ignored them at all, and looked at the area in front of her calmly.

She didn't respond at all, which made several boys more interested. One boy waved his hand in front of her face with a playful smile: "Hello? Elementary school girl? ——Is it a doll?"

"I said No.1, please introduce this friend of yours to us!" The tall boy spread his hands.

Nanako didn't answer, and didn't look at him again, she looked away, took off her schoolbag, hugged it in front of her, and continued to sit quietly on the seat without moving.

Subtle voices sounded in the carriage, and the other students covered their mouths with their hands, whispered to each other, and cast strange glances at the boys over here.

There was no response from the two girls, and they felt that they had been humiliated, and the expressions of the boys suddenly became a little bit angry.

The tall boy reached out to grab Nanako's arm. Compared to Izumi Kyoka, who was completely unfamiliar, they were more familiar with Nanako who they had met occasionally in school. They knew that Nanako was an ordinary girl except for studying, and Still so quiet, it looks like a bully.

But before his hand touched Nanako's arm, he picked up a silver light flashing in his field of vision, and the palm seemed to have a cold wind passing by, making the hair on his arm stand on end, and the outstretched hand froze for a moment. mid-air.

A short knife with a cold light was placed between his hand and Nanako.

The delicate and elegant girl in kimono slipped out a dagger from her sleeve, and held the handle of the knife with her slender white hand. At this moment, she finally raised her head, her blue pupils were blazing with murderous intent.

It was a real knife, the kind with a sharp edge, not the model knife in a toy store, even at a glance, you can tell how sharp the blade is.

He was almost chopped off, the tall boy trembled in fright, and staggered back a few steps. The other boys all subconsciously dispersed in unison, and there was a slight commotion in the car.

"お, お... Hey! What's going on!" After finally regaining his composure, the tall boy immediately yelled, "With a knife on him—are you going to kill someone!"

The driver finally saw the situation here from the rearview mirror. It was one thing to strike up a conversation, and he didn't care if there was no accident, but it was another thing to get into the car with a knife. He also hurriedly shouted: "What are you doing?" No knives are allowed in the car! Hurry up and put it away!"

Seeing that the platform was ahead, he hurriedly drove the bus, stopped at the platform, then stood up and looked behind.

"This girl has a knife! She wants to kill me with a knife!" The tall boy shouted at the driver.

The driver opened the back door and shouted, "Get out, get out!"

Hearing the driver's words, the tall boy said to Nanako and Jinghua as if he had found a backer: "Did you hear that! Get out of here! What are you doing! Do you still want to kill me with a knife in the car!"

Seeing Jinghua flipping her wrist, and pointing the knife point towards him again, he yelled again and again: "Hey! Driver! Let them go!"

"—Scream!" The driver yelled angrily, "I'm telling you bastards to get out!"

"What, what?!"

"Go away!"

Ignoring the unbelievable expressions of the boys, the driver drove them all out of the car.All the passengers who should get off got off the bus. He sat back in the driver's seat, closed the back door for getting off passengers, and opened the front door to let the passengers who wanted to get on the bus get on. The bus started again and left the station unsteadily.

The car was very quiet, no one dared to speak anymore, only Nanako and Kyoka in the front row left a vacuum.

Nanako who still couldn't understand what happened in that minute just now: "..."

...Did she just see Jinghua take out a knife from her sleeve?

*******

Ten minutes later, the bus stopped at the platform downstairs of the detective agency.

Nanako and Kyoka got out of the car together.With a stern face, she was still thinking about "how did such a long knife hide in her sleeve so it wouldn't fall out", when she heard Jinghua next to her ask abruptly:

"Do you need to kill them to silence them?"

Nanako:?

【What? 】

Nanako didn't follow Kyoka's brain circuit.

Seemingly seeing that Nanako didn't understand, Kyoka asked again, this time in more detail: "They are likely to retaliate, and at this time, we should kill the grass and root out the roots, and strike first before the enemy makes a move.—— Do I need to sneak into their house tonight and assassinate them?"

Nanako: "..."

Nanako remembered something.Although it seems that Kyoka did not go to school, but if she did, she would be in the second grade of junior high school like myself.

In other words, it is a very standard "Secondary Second Period".

Nanako stopped in her tracks, turned her head to look at Kyoka, and said to her very seriously with an expressionless face, "Murder is against the law."

"Is it not possible?" Jinghua turned her face slightly to the side, and asked with a small expressionless face.

"No." Nanako answered her confidently.

At least not normally.

Jinghua lowered her eyes, as if she was thinking, and after two seconds, she came up with a new "combat plan": "Then break their legs, then poison them, and then cut off their writing hands, so that they can write." They lose the ability to retaliate."

Nanako: "..."

Nanako: "That's not okay either."

She wondered if Jinghua had read too many online novels when she was out of school, such as "The Secret Service Princess is 13", "Peerless Poison Doctor: The Phoenix is ​​Ten and a Half Years Old" and so on... In short, she must not have read "Monte Cristo" count".

She thought about it, and added: "You can't bring real knives on the bus."

"..." Although there was a look of inability to understand the reason, Jinghua still nodded in obedience to the "order", "Understood, I will pay attention to changing to a gun next time."

Nanako: "...a gun doesn't work either."

"Then the stinger."

"Neither this one."

"Kunwu."

"No."

"..." Jinghua lowered her eyes, as if she felt that it was very troublesome. After nearly ten seconds of silence, she raised her eyes again and gave a new proposal in a firm tone.

"I will apply to Mr. Kunikida for a hand grenade," she said.

Nanako: "..."

"Take a taxi next time."

She said to Jinghua.