After becoming a chaotic daughter

In the president's office of the Armed Detective Agency, 15-year-old Kunikida Doppo was tense, waiting for an answer from the president.

It has been more than half a year since he entered the University of Tokyo. Relying on part-time work and part-study in the detective agency, there is nothing to worry about tuition fees and daily expenses.Fukuzawa Yukichi, the president of the Armed Detective Agency and his teacher in martial arts, is a dignified appearance, but a broad-minded, compassionate elder who has given him a lot of help in the past two years.

As his life progressed smoothly according to plan, Kunikida Doppo couldn't help but start worrying about a friend of his.

It was a boy around his age, and Kunikida Doppo had known him since he was 12 years old.Because of the war six or seven years ago, the national education system was difficult to maintain, and because of the personality of that friend, he did not go to school seriously after the war, and he is still squatting at home without a degree, relying on the computer network With talents in all aspects, he is entrusted with online contact points to make a living every now and then. Every day, he "doesn't leave the door, and doesn't go in the second door".

Kunikida Doppo would visit him every two weeks, lest this friend who had no other relatives starve to death at home without anyone finding out, but just last week, he went to the [-]-square-meter apartment where his friend lived as usual. Visiting each other in the small apartment, by the way, clean up, wash clothes, make lunch, take the sorted garbage out and throw it away, but, that day, something different from usual happened.

His friend, Tianshan Hanabou, possesses [abilities].

To be more precise, the flower bag should have had the ability a long time ago, but I didn't find out about it until a few days ago.His ability seems to be "as long as he is in a place where he feels at ease, he can control all electronic devices in his field of vision with dozens of times the efficiency", and the speed of processing data is comparable to the entire intelligence department of the army.

So Kunikida had the idea to invite his friend Tianshan Hanabou to join the detective agency and become a member of the detective agency investigators.

With Huadai, the work efficiency of the detective agency can be greatly improved. On the other hand, it can also take this opportunity to allow Huadai to have a stable job, as well as a stable social circle and work and rest habits.

So after spending some effort persuading Hanamaki, Kunikida asked the president to introduce newcomers to the club.

"I know about this." Sitting behind the thick solid wood desk, Fukuzawa Yukichi pondered for a moment before making a decision, "...In that case, let's use the 'entry test' as usual Whether he is suitable for the work of the detective agency."

"Then, about the specific test content and the person in charge..." Kunikida asked tentatively.

Fukuzawa Yukichi's eyes fell on the power of attorney that was spread out on his desk. It was a request for help from the police on Kyushu Island. He hoped that the detective agency could send someone to assist them in investigating a smuggling case. If ordinary members of the company are sent to the case, it will take at least three to five days of business trip to solve the case.

The silver-haired man had a decision in his heart.

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"Cough, so that's probably how things are." With a light cough, Kunikida said to the boy who was wrapped in a quilt and stood in front of him with a slightly hunched shoulder. Trimmed, so it's neat and not overly decadent.

"Mr. Ranpo needs to go on a business trip to Kyushu for a day. Because the detective agency is understaffed and busy with business, I would like to trouble you to take care of Nanako for a day first, and get acquainted with the daily work of the detective agency by the way. Mr. Ranpo cares more about his daughter, so he will You don't mind calling to ask about the situation from time to time." He seldom lied to others, and this time he lied to his best friend, and Kunikida needed dozens of times of concentration to pretend to speak naturally to Hanakou .

Of course, you can't tell the other party about the "entry test" in advance, otherwise the meaning of the test will be lost. Although all the matters are handled by him, the final evaluator of this test is the one who was selected last night. The president arranged for Ranpo to go on a business trip to Kyushu. Ranpo will return to Yokohama in the middle of the night today and give the answer tomorrow morning.

"Hmm, this kind of love for daughters is completely understandable, just like I don't want to be separated from my Yoshiko." Wrapped tightly in a quilt, young but wearing the same sloppy flower bag as an unemployed man on the street. With drooping head, he adjusted the small round glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"No..." Kunikida really wanted to refute him, but he choked for a long time, and didn't know what to say, so he said, "Then I'll go to work first."

He turned his head and called Nanako, who was sitting on a small bench and having a meal, and beckoned her to come over: "This is Tianshan Hanabou, my friend, Mr. Ranpo is not here, and he will take care of you in the agency for a day today."

Holding the seaweed rice ball, she took a big bite. Although she didn't understand why she had to find someone to take care of her, Nanako still raised her cheeks swollen by the rice ball, and chewed hard like a little squirrel. Kida nodded.

Kunikida went back to work in the office with some anxiety, and took another bite of the rice ball in his hand. Nanako looked at the strange boy wrapped in a quilt expressionlessly, and her cheeks twitched as she chewed the rice ball Not a moment to stir up.

"That... Kid Nanako?" Very bad at dealing with women and never taking care of children, the hunched flower bag spoke awkwardly. He nervously wrapped the quilt tightly around his body and asked in a low voice, "You Is there anything you want to do?"

Difficultly swallowing the rice ball in her mouth, Nanako shook her little head.

"Hmm..." Huadai thought for a long time before finally thinking of a proposal that he could do and children might be interested in, "Then let's go play games?"

Nanako nodded while biting the rice ball.

Tayama Hanabou breathed a sigh of relief, took Nanako to find an empty desk, and then took out the laptop he brought from the quilt.

It is very simple to play games with children, and you don’t even need to use his abilities. You must know that a qualified squatting at home must be proficient in many games from King of Fighters to Tetris, so he After looking through it, I found a 1v1 two-player racing game that was relatively simple to operate, and leaned in front of the computer with Xiaoluotou, and then pressed the fancy [START] on the screen——

Then he was blown away by Nanako.

The kind that lost seven games in a row in 15 minutes, and the car was knocked out.

Flower bag: ...

Nanako: ●. ●

How can this be.

The 15-year-old boy Tianshan Hanana looked at his own half of the screen that turned gray for the seventh time, pulled the quilt over his head, and curled up on the office chair into a group of self-closing mushrooms.

Lin was 16 years old when he was alive. The reason for his sudden death was staying up late to make up his homework.

Tian Shan Hana Dai also wanted to throw herself into the trash can.

As an incompetent squatting at home, he can't even do things like playing games?Is he finally going to be an unrecyclable piece of trash on this planet?Maybe he should bring his beloved quilt to the ground as soon as possible, and turn it into a little nourishment for the millions of creatures in this land, and play the last bit of value of this incompetent garbage...

The cell phone in his pocket rang suddenly.

Huadai subconsciously picked up the phone: "Hello, I am Tianshan Huadai who is going to sleep in the quilt soon. Please leave the takeaway and express delivery at the door. The change is in the letterbox. The key to the letterbox is under the flower pot of the second pot of flowers at the door. , thank you very much, thank you for your hard work, see you in the next life.”

On the other end of the phone, Edogawa Ranpo, who was biting a Fukuoka specialty Chidori manju, made a question mark in confusion.

"What?"

Luanbu took the phone away, and glanced at the screen. The outgoing contact displayed on it was indeed the number Kunikida gave yesterday, so he put the phone back to his ear, eating a birdie pattern. Mantou, ignoring the nonsense words Hanakou said, asked himself: "Ah, you are the newcomer Kunikida mentioned, how is Nanako? Let her come over to answer Dad's call!"

Oh——Hanabu, who was immersed in a depressed mood, realized that the other end of the phone was not the takeaway clerk who came to help him maintain the energy needed for life every day, but the "ranbo" Kunikida told him not long ago. gentlemen".

He handed the mobile phone to Nanako who came back after throwing away the trash, whimpering and continued to be his lost mushroom.

This world is so cold, only his beloved quilt Yoshiko can give him some warmth.

Nanako put the phone to her ear: "Dad."

"Nanako? Have you finished your breakfast?" Ranbu's casual voice came from the phone, his words were a little vague, obviously he was eating.

"I ate one rice ball." Nanako answered him.

"If you don't like that newcomer, let that kid Gogol replace you, and you go to play with the president, remember!"

Unable to understand what Ranpo meant by "replacement", Nanako scratched her little head, and responded with a "huh", and then hung up the phone after listening to him explain Nanako some things in a mess.

Putting the mobile phone on the table in front of the flower bag, Nanako looked at the flower bag still wrapped in the quilt, and ran to play with Gogol.Although Ranpo and Yosano went on a business trip together, Nanako is not a problem, she is not a child who needs to be taken care of, even if she is alone, she can wander around in the detective agency for a day.

Nanako found Gogol in the infirmary, and watched him do "magic tricks" all morning, and they didn't come out together to find something to eat until lunch time.Ranpo and Xie Ye were not here today, she subconsciously ran to Kunikida's desk with Gogol, waiting for him to make lunch for their two little carrot heads.

"..." Facing Nanako's dark round eyes, Kunikida pushed his glasses silently while sitting on the office chair, and then said in a solemn tone, "About lunch, today Hanako will take care of you, so your lunch will also be taken care of by you." Made of flower bags."

As he said this, his sharp eyes turned to the flower bag curled up on the office chair at the opposite desk with his back to him.

"Hey, hey, that..." Nervously sweating, he took out his phone, and Hanakou clicked on the contact, "The weather is a bit cold today, why don't we order tonkotsu ramen for takeaway..."

He still hasn't found the phone number with the note "Ramen Shop", Kunikida is standing by his side like a demon.

"No, it's not 'prepare lunch', but 'make lunch'." A sharp cold light reflected from the mirror, Kunikida snatched his mobile phone and held it up high, "All kinds of ingredients have been prepared in the kitchen, If there is any problem, I will help you from the side, and it is time for you to learn how to cook—"

"—Huh huh huh??"

"'Huh' what 'huh', it's already 26:37:45 Tokyo time, lunch time is 8:[-] to [-]:[-] pm, you still have [-] minutes twenty, no, zero eight Prepare lunch in seconds, hurry up!" Kunikida urged. "Not eating on time can lead to poor gastrointestinal development, poor nutrient absorption, low immunity, and stunted growth in children!"

"What, what—?" Huadai hurriedly stood up, sweating in panic, "Lunch, lunch... how to cook, how to make a lunch in 8 minutes... ...! Wait, let me check on the Internet first—”

"Ten seven minutes." Kunikida ruthlessly counted down the countdown.

"Etc., etc--!"

"Ten six minutes and 6 seconds."

"What should I search for? Lunch? Nutritious lunch for kids? Home-cooked meals??"

"15 minutes and 59 seconds."

The flustered flower bag suddenly calmed down.

"I understand."

Wrapped in a quilt, he said calmly, the small round glasses on the bridge of his nose flashed white.

"?" Kunikida, who was looking at his watch, cast a questioning look at him, and saw the flower bag walking in front of Nanako and Gogol, squatting down under the quilt, and looked at the two little girls with a serious face. Carrot head.

【...What is this going to do? 】

Kunikida looked at him in bewilderment.

Then I saw Huadai took out two bags of instant noodles from under the quilt, and asked with a smile:

"Do you want seafood or beef?"

Nanako answered him slowly: "... seafood."

Gogol followed suit and raised his hand: "Beef~~!"

Kunikida: "..."

No, he needs to be calm.

The fingers holding the phone twitched, Kunikida closed his eyes and took several deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down in his heart.

Although instant noodles are unhealthy food, as long as they are like ordinary noodles, boiled in a pot, plus vegetables and eggs, they can be considered nutritious...

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw that the flower bag quickly unwrapped two bags of instant noodles skillfully, poured them into the bowl that Gogol had brought out at some time, and then walked towards the drinking fountain in the club with two large round bowls. , the two little radish heads followed behind him.

The detective agency soon filled with the strong aroma of instant noodles.

Kunikida: "..."

He didn't pay attention and broke the mobile phone in his hand (flower bag).

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Fukuoka.

"Huh?" The phone that rang just halfway through the call suddenly turned into a notification that the other party was shutting down. Luanbu glanced at the phone screen strangely. Before he had time to redial again, the little policeman who was going to buy lunch suddenly He came back with a big wooden bento box.

"Mr. Ranpo, it's time for lunch." Yosano reminded him, "If you hurry up, you can return home in the afternoon, and there is still time to go to the detective agency to pick Nanako back to the dormitory."

"Hmm..." He replied vaguely, closed the phone and stuffed it back into his pocket, "Really——as expected, no place can do without me as a famous detective~"

"Yes~Yes~"

The author has something to say:

In the original book, Hanako joined the detective agency shortly after the Cangwang incident (not the time of the Cangzhi apostle, but the incident in which Miss Sasaki’s lover died), because at that time he already knew that the detective agency had an entrance test, so he also I went straight to the detective agency without the test (the reason is that I want to help Kunikida).

Then, about a year later, before Dazai joined the agency, he quit the detective agency and continued to stay at home.

The two met when Kunikida was around 12 years old (the 22-year-old Kunikida said that he and Hanakou have known each other for nearly 10 years)

In this article, the part of the flower bag entering the club is a private establishment, or it can be regarded as a butterfly effect (two more children in the club) that cause the flower bag to come first.

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Q: Who is the real tool man in this chapter?

A. Nanako: A tool person who tests flower bags

B. Hanako: A tool man who takes care of Nanako

C. Gogol: The tool man prepared by Ranpo for Nanako

D. Luanbu: a tool person who travels and handles cases

E. Yosano: A tool man who leads the way for Ranbu

F. Kunikida: Everyone's tool man

G. President: I don’t know what it is, but it seems to be a tool person who is a tool person

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Real squatting at home: flower bag - a rough young uncle, without a partner, with tenacious indoor survival ability like Xiaoqiang

False squatting at home: random steps - unkempt but cute, sought after by everyone, capable of surviving but has tools, so he is too lazy to survive by himself

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The term "tool man" above is all ridicule, no malice