After becoming a chaotic daughter

Nanako sees an egg.

A pink egg with a circle of rabbit patterns, which is a full circle larger than ordinary eggs.

She was squatting by the side of the road, carrying a small schoolbag, her swarthy eyes staring at the egg lying in the flowerbed, it didn't look like someone accidentally lost it, but it seemed like it was thrown here on purpose— —After all, no matter how careless you are, you won't leave an egg in such an awkward position in the middle of the flowers.

Nanako hugged the big hat on her head, tilted her head and stared blankly at the egg in the flowers for a while, then stretched out her short hand.

The upper body was almost buried in the flowers, and Nanako struggled for a long time with her short arms before finally touching the hard eggshell with her fingertips.

She curled up her soft little finger to reach it, and the pink egg immediately rolled out from the gap in the fence of the flower garden, hit Nanako's shoes, spun around, and wobbled to a stop at her feet.

Nanako picked up the egg, it was a bit big, Nanako had to hold it with both hands to hold it firmly, so she had to hold the hat on her head in her arms first, then squatted by the flowerbed, holding the egg with both hands Touched the balls.

The eggshell was hard, neither cold nor hot, smooth to the touch, and looked no different from ordinary eggs.Nanako turned the egg around and looked at it for a long time, but she couldn't figure out what kind of egg it was.

I don't know if Ranpo is already waiting for her at the school gate, Nanako thought about it, stuffed this ball into her schoolbag, then picked up her small schoolbag, put on her big hat again, and ran to the school gate .

****

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Ranpo Edogawa set off from the detective agency confidently.

Although he forgot to remember the way from the dormitory to the school, it is absolutely impossible for him to make a mistake about the way from the detective agency to the school.

Rejecting the proposal of Kunikida's colleague, biting a lollipop, and carrying a lollipop for Nanako in his pocket, he embarked on the road to pick Nanako home from school on the first day with arrogance.

He passed the crossroads downstairs of the detective agency, the bookstore where he buys weekly manga magazines every week, the dim sum shop he frequents, the bridge across the Tsurumi River, and finally——standing on Holy Night In front of the college's exquisite and gorgeous western-style school gate.

At the school gate, a short little radish head was carrying a small schoolbag, clutching the big hat on his head, squatting in the corner, motionless, in a daze, like a small mushroom planted in the corner.

He ran over in disorder, pulled the little mushroom out of the corner, and put the little mushroom's brown "umbrella" back on his head by the way.

Stuffed the unpacked lollipops to Nanako, and took Nanako's little hand in random steps, one big and one small biting their respective lollipops, and walked back together.

"Daddy," Nanako called.

"what?"

"Tomorrow, myself, to school."

"No! Dad has already figured out how to get from the dormitory to your school, and he will never go the wrong way tomorrow! You see, Dad can take you back to the detective agency correctly now! The dormitory is the same, just in the morning Dad just forgot to remember the way from the dormitory to the school!"

He quickly finished speaking in a chaotic step, holding a lollipop, and emphatically said: "As long as you remember it, you will be fine!"

Nanako ate the lollipop, looked up at him for a while, her expressionless little face looked blank, then lowered her head again, without saying a word, and walked with her head buried in silence.

After a while, she suddenly said again: "Dad, can I have a dog?"

Ranpo said "Huh?", then lowered his head to look at Nanako, Nanako also raised her head again, her dark eyes looked at him without fluctuation.Although there was no emotion on Nanako's face, Ranpo always felt that he seemed to know why Nanako asked this question.

... He is not an idiot!He doesn't need a dog to lead him the way!

Ranbu angrily dismissed the proposal: "No way! It's too much trouble to keep a dog! Don't keep it!"

"... Oh." Nanako responded a little dullly, and quietly stopped talking.But after a while, she suddenly asked the question at the beginning again: "... Then, can I, myself, go to school?"

Ranbu: "..."

"no--!!"

"...dog."

"You can't keep a dog, and you can't go to school by yourself! Neither!! Dad can pick you up!"

"... Oh." She was silent for a while, and then spoke again, "Then can you..."

"--cannot!!"

The new proposal was dismissed by Luanbu before she could say it. Nanako had no choice but to swallow the words "Akiko-san to send me to school", puffed up half of her cheeks, and continued to bite her lollipop honestly .

So she didn't realize that they took the wrong intersection.

****

Doppo Kunikida, 14, is cooking curry.

It was 5:[-] pm Tokyo time, and the curry in the pot had been simmering on high heat for [-] minutes. According to the instructions in the cookbook, he turned the knob of the stove, turned the heat down, and simmered it over medium heat.

The aroma of curry has overflowed from the cracks in the lid of the pot, wafting faintly in this small kitchen of the detective agency, mixed with the delicious aroma of marinated and stir-fried chicken, only waiting for 15 minutes to uncover the moment, It will come out and fill the room.

Holding a long-handled spoon in one hand, Kunikida stared intently at the watch on his wrist, watching the second hand tick-tock in circles.

Today is Nanako's first day at school, so Mr. Ranpo specially ordered curry at noon to celebrate Nanako's enrollment. Although Kunikida personally thinks that curry is actually a very lazy food, you only need to prepare a simple With only a few ingredients, you can provide dinner for several people, which is no different from "only one side dish is prepared".

But even so, as Nanako's father, since Ranpo-san said he would have curry for dinner, he must have a reason.For example, Nanako herself prefers curry to the complicated five dishes and one soup. If this is the case, then it is reasonable to choose curry as a celebratory dish at this time.

The minute hand has passed a big grid, and 5 minutes have passed. Kunikida waited patiently for the next 10 minutes. As a serious and humble boy, he has great enthusiasm for any "work" Patience, even for such a small thing as cooking curry.

Ten seconds, 30 seconds, 45 seconds.

Another "minute".

He suddenly heard the kitchen door being opened behind him with a creak, followed by clumsy footsteps. Only Nanako in the detective agency had such light but clear footsteps, as if walking every step They all stepped on with all their strength.

The second hand passed three small divisions, and a small head poked out from Kunikida's lower right.

Holding the edge of the kitchen counter, Nanako stood on tiptoe, staring at the cooking pot on the stove, and asked in a low voice with her unwavering voice:

"What's inside this?"

Kunikida raised the spoon in his hand a little higher, afraid of touching Nanako's dirty hair: "I'm cooking curry, sweet chicken curry."

"...Curry." Nanako didn't know why, she followed him and read the word again, then stood back on the floor, hanging her head as if thinking about something, then walked around Kunikida and ran to the other side of the kitchen counter went aside.

Kunikida didn't pay attention to what she was doing. Nanako has always been very well-behaved, and she can take good care of herself. She hasn't caused any trouble for several months. She knows what is dangerous and will avoid it sensibly. Therefore, Kunikida He didn't drive her out and let Nanako walk around in the kitchen.

He heard the sound of Nanako opening the refrigerator, which was quickly closed, and after a while, the sound of the microwave oven being turned on and off.

With a few clicks of Didi, Kunikida thought that Nanako was probably drinking hot milk again, and Nanako used the microwave oven for nothing more than two things—hot milk, or hot instant sandwiches.

"Nanako, it's time for dinner, don't eat too much."

Without raising his head, he continued to stare at the watch on his wrist, and said to Nanako, and soon heard Nanako's slow answer.

"Oh……"

Nanako ran back to his side again, tiptoed to the kitchen counter and watched the curry simmering on the stove with him.

"Brother Dubu."

"what?"

"Where can I buy a dog?"

Nanako suddenly asked him such a strange question, Kunikida froze for a moment, moved his eyes to her fluffy head for a moment, and replied: "For pet dogs, you can buy them at pet stores, or go to Rescue centers can also adopt stray dogs.”

He paused and asked, "Do you want a pet dog?"

Nanako scratched her little head, thinking about what [ペット] means, it sounds a bit like [pet (pet)].

She shook her head.

"Dog, know the way. I want a dog who knows the way."

"...Know your way?"

A little puzzled look appeared on Kunikida's face. For a moment, he couldn't understand why Nanako made such a request. If a child wants a pet dog, shouldn't they want a "cute" or "prestige" dog?

--Wait a moment,

He suddenly remembered Nanako's movement of shaking her head just now.

Nanako doesn't want a "pet dog", but a "dog that knows the way", so she doesn't ask where to buy a dog because she wants to keep a pet.

However, a dog that knows its way...

Among the people around Nanako, Kunikida could think of only one person who would need this kind of dog.

...Speaking of which, it seems that Mr. Ranpo was almost late this morning?In the afternoon, although he managed to bring Nanako back to the detective agency by himself, it seemed that it took a little longer?

Kunikida looked down at Nanako, with a complicated look on his face. He was about to ask her "why do you want to buy a dog", when sparks crackled suddenly from the other side of the kitchen counter, and he put down his hands before he came. spoon in

- Bang!

The microwave oven on the other side of the kitchen counter made a loud bang that resembled an explosion.

The inside of the microwave oven went dark, and the small screen showing the countdown and the buttons that should have been on also went dark. A pungent burning smell spread in the kitchen, quickly overshadowing the black smell of curry. At the same time, the lights in the kitchen suddenly went out, all electrical appliances stopped working, and there was no movement at all.

"... Nanako." Kunikida asked with difficulty, "What did you put in the microwave just now?"

Nanako shrank her head and answered him in a low voice: "Egg... Egg..."

Kunikida: "...eggs?"

******

Not an "egg", but a pink egg that I don't know what kind of egg it is.

It is a circle bigger than ordinary eggs, the eggshell is pink, and there is a circle of bunny patterns, it looks like an Easter egg, beautiful and cute.

The detective agency's microwave oven exploded, because Nanako didn't know that microwave ovens can't heat eggs, but logically, eggs should be fried, but in fact it was the microwave that sparked and the internal circuit burned and fried.On the contrary, this strange egg is fine.

Nanako picked up this egg in the flower garden of the school when she was after school. The egg is very hard and will not break no matter how hard it is knocked, so Nanako wanted to cook it.

She just wanted to boil it, but Kunikida was cooking curry, so she used the microwave instead, and it blew up in the microwave.

Standing in the corner, Nanako lowered her head, listening to Kunikida's education about [taboo for using microwave ovens] for 10 minutes, and Yosano went to contact an electrician to repair the circuit, while Ranpo was biting a biscuit and lying on the table Fiddle with that intact ball.

It was hard, almost like a solid metal egg, but no matter the weight or touch, it was no different from ordinary eggs, except that it was bigger, harder, and had a special color.But it is impossible for ordinary eggs to remain unscathed when the microwave oven is fried, so if I have to say, this is probably an egg made of some special material, like plastic or something.

He poked the egg randomly, and the pink ball rolled a half circle on the table, then stopped immediately.

He finished eating the biscuits he was biting, dawdly took out a pair of old black-rimmed glasses from his pocket, put them on, and activated the ability on this strange [egg].

stare------

[This is an ordinary and normal egg. 】

His powers told him so.

Or rather, his "intuition" told him so.

But that's not what his "reasoning" says.

The microwave oven sparked, and then the internal circuit burned up, causing the kitchen circuit to malfunction, but as the "culprit" that "caused" all of this-the egg, it retreated from the whole body and was not affected by anything.

What is this more like?

Edogawa was lazily lying on the table, thinking in his heart: Only the microwave oven is actually idling, so it will become like this.

Suppose, in fact, this egg does not exist in the microwave oven, and the microwave of the microwave oven only heats the air, then the inner wall of the microwave oven will spark due to the microwave, and then cause the circuit to catch fire. everything.

But this egg was indeed put into the microwave by Nanako, and it was picked out by Kunikida himself.

What [does exist] becomes [does not exist], or, what does not exist, becomes [does exist]?

The student union of Holy Night College is a strange organization, completely different from normal elementary schools. It bears the name [Guardian] rather than a "student union" rather than a "church organization". The selection is also inexplicable. It is not a normal voting, but a direct announcement. Even if you have excellent grades, you may not be able to join. Even if you look ordinary, you may become one of them.

Although it is only a primary school student union, it is extremely mysterious.

"Father." Nanako, who had received some safety education from Kunikida, stepped on a small bench, poked her head out from the side of the desk, stared at the egg on the table, "...the egg, I can't break it open."

Ranbu took out a 500-yen coin from his pocket and stuffed it to her, lazily said: "Go downstairs to buy a cake for Dad, and when he came back, Dad cracked the egg open!"

Nanako let out a slow "Oh", stretched out her short hand, touched the egg with her soft fingers, swallowed expressionlessly on her small face, then climbed off the small bench, clutching the coin and ran away downstairs.

Hearing the sound of the door of the detective agency being opened and closed, Luanbu poked the pink egg on the table. On the pattern of circle rabbits, a gap was split horizontally.

The crack gradually spread to both sides, and finally formed a circle.

Puji,

The pink egg suddenly stood up.

A small person who was biting a pacifier, wearing pink baby clothes, and not as big as a palm, propped up half of the eggshell on his head, and broke out of the shell quickly. His big round blue eyes met Chaos without blinking. step sight.

The villain also has two small ponytails, and looks like a cute little doll baby. It propped up half of the eggshell on its head, and flew slowly into the air under the gaze of Luanbu.

It flew a little to the left, and Ranbu's sight also moved a little to the left.

It flew a little to the right, and Ranbu's sight also moved a little to the right.

The doll baby seems to have finally realized one thing—Ranbu can see it.

...So it was flying and suddenly trapped in the egg and couldn't get out, is it because of this human being! ! ! !

"Pippi wants to tell Miye! You bad guy——!!!"

With a half eggshell on it, the little baby shouted these two words to Ranbu angrily, and then flew out of the open window.

Halfway through the flight, it remembered that half of the eggshell had fallen, flew back, squatted into the half eggshell on the table, made a childish grimace towards Luanbu, then shrank back, The eggshell that was split in half is reunited.

The pink balls wobbled away from the window.

Random steps: ...

Although he still doesn't quite understand the principle, and he doesn't know what this egg is, but Edogawa Ranpo is sure that he just took the blame for his idiot daughter.

"Mr. Ranpo, that egg...huh?" Kunikida turned back to the office area and found that the egg on the Ranpo desk was gone.

Facing Kamikuni Kida's perplexed and questioning gaze, he sat up straight in disorder, picked up a manga at hand, and said confidently, "I've already eaten it!"

Kunikida subconsciously looked at the trash can, but there was no pink thing in the trash can.

Luanbu casually glanced at the trash can, and continued to talk nonsense: "If you are looking for eggshells, I will eat them too."

Kunikida: ...

He felt that he might have to go to the next door to call Dr. Xie Ye.