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Hachi, who returned to the detective agency, was carried by Kunikida's neck to the sofa like a cat.

Kunikida folded his arms, his face was expressionless, and his glasses were extremely reflective: "Okay, let's explain the matter clearly from beginning to end."

The whole image of a big dark boss.

Xiaoba shrank his neck, started from sending Hezhi home to ask her mother, went to the pet shop to talk to the clerk who knew nothing, and finally went to the pier to find the manager of the store. The port mafia that ended the conflict, and finally managed to escape narrowly and narrowly.

"That port mafia's 'bad dog' won't give up its prey so easily, what have you done?" Kunikida Doppo vouched for her teacher qualifications, this girl is absolutely hiding something.

"I don't know about that either..." Xiao Ba's words were sincere: she didn't know what the hidden meaning of what the young man in the sand-colored windbreaker said, so that Akutagawa gave up and killed her and Mr. Jiamen thought.

He mentioned that "it is because of this that you have not been recognized by your teacher." Could it be that the young man has something to do with the teacher of the "disaster dog" of the port mafia? Because of this relationship, so Let Akutagawa give up the idea of ​​killing people?

...Then, the question came back to the original point, who was the young man who saved her, Mr. Garmen and Aji, but asked her to keep his appearance a secret?

Say something like "I'll tell you your name next time we meet"...

Xiao Ba thought a little uncomfortably.

—I feel like I've been fooled.

"So, do you have anything to say about this incident?" Kunikida Doppo pushed his glasses and said.

Xiao Ba silently recalled his actions, bowed his head and began to conduct a self-criticism: "I shouldn't rush in. When I went to the pier and noticed the smell of gunpowder in the wind, and deduced that the person who made a deal with Mr. Garmen was a gangster, I should Calling the detective agency for help, instead of going to see Mr. Jiamen alone with a fluke mentality...Earlier, when it was discovered that He Zhijia had lost a very valuable three-flowered cat, Mrs. Shanyu should have been let Call the police directly and seek help from the police station instead of investigating by yourself..."

The girl sorted out all the mishandling points in her actions in one breath, but Kunikida Doppo, who was planning to reprimand him, found that he had nothing to say - the girl had finished talking.

"...cough, since you have noticed, don't make such a mistake again next time!" Kunikida Doppo held back his airs as a teacher, "You are not a member of the detective agency, but an ordinary citizen, and you should seek help from heroes and With the help of the military and police, instead of running over rashly alone! There is no other result except death!"

The girl wearing light brown half-rimmed glasses made a deep self-criticism, and the sincere repentance made Kunikida Doppo give up the plan to continue such a lesson, and said instead: "But you are doing well, protect yourself Under the premise, it also protects other people... Do you want to drink sparkling water?" He opened the refrigerator of the detective agency and asked.

"Ah, I want the blueberry flavor!" Xiaoba said without thinking, and decided to chew up the fact that "if the young man didn't show up, I was going to sacrifice the injury to the non-essential parts in exchange for the survival of two people and one cat" Into the stomach, absolutely can not say...

If she said it, she would probably be greeted by Kunikida-sensei's exclusive hell roll set meal.

"Speaking of which, where's Mr. Ranpo?" Xiao Ba looked around, but found that he didn't see the guy who was keen on leisurely eating rough snacks when all the members of the detective agency were busy, and despised everyone with his superb IQ. A mortal man, but he seems to grow up eating cute, a famous Mr. Detective who doesn't make people hate him at all.

Kunikida thought about what Hachi said just now, but he couldn't find any problems. The reason why Akutagawa let her go was even unclear to her, and he couldn't find any results if he kept asking. He let go of this doubt for now, and listened. When Xiao Ba said, he said casually: "When you went to help Shan Yu and Zhi find the cat, the police station in Kyushu had a difficult case and asked Mr. Ranpo to solve it. He has already set off for the airport."

"Well, I still want to ask Mr. Ranpo some questions." Xiaoba said with a little regret, but quickly recovered, "Forget it, I can ask Mr. Ranpo again when Mr. Ranpo comes back!"

The next day, Hezhi sent a hand-sewn three-colored cat puppet, which was only as big as a thumb. Although the workmanship was not particularly fine, the cuteness of the cat could be seen at a glance.

"Wow, is this Aji?" Xiao Ba picked up the puppet cat, which was only as big as her finger, and looked at it, "It's so cute!"

"It's Aji made by my mother! But the most important thing is not this!" Ms. Kazumi didn't realize the "remuneration" he really wanted to give, so she was anxious, "It's 'accumulating good luck'!"

"...Huh? Good luck?" Xiao Ba was taken aback, and then thought of something, "Ah, the meaning of the Sanhua tomcat in the local culture is 'lucky fortune', so does 'good luck' come from this? "

"No! It's my 'supernatural power'!" This time, the child Hezhi explained proudly, "My 'supernatural power' is 'accumulate good luck', which can be attached to lifeless props. It will have a better effect on items that have the meaning of "good luck"! I attached my ability to this Aji puppet made by my mother, and my sister took it with me, and it It will start to accumulate my sister's usual "good luck"! It has already stored the "good luck" I saved in the past year! When my sister needs to use the accumulated "good luck", just put the Aji puppet belly Just pull the drawstring on the top! If you encounter a bad situation, the lucky knot will automatically unravel, and use the accumulated good luck to help my sister!"

Xiao Ba turned the puppet over and found that the abdomen of the cat puppet was indeed tied with a lucky knot with a red rope.

She accepted the puppet, watched Hezhi run to play with his little friends, and began to think about whether accumulating "good luck" from now on and using it in the entrance examination of Academy City would allow her to succeed in admission...

In addition, this ability sounds really metaphysical...

Xiao Ba put the cat puppet in his pocket, and turned around to continue writing the half-written novella of "The Envoy of God"——Well, with Xiao Ba's essence of pigeon spirit, even if the new pit just started is getting hot In fact, she couldn't do the thing that she only had [-] words and then continued the word count the next day. Her original plan was to finish the novella leisurely and then submit it to any publishing house. If the manuscript was over, she would write it Article, it is a matter of course to get rid of it before the draft.

She will remember to throw this book with no ending on the Internet and open it for free before she gets caught.

How many can be pitted!

But what I didn't expect was that Mr. Oda asked her for the manuscript of the first part that day. It should be mentioned here that Mr. Oda's style is as old-fashioned as her guardian, Mr. Yukichi. Convenient electronic products are not used, but He likes handwritten manuscripts, so he used the printer of the detective agency to print out the first chapter of Xiaoba's "Envoy of the Gods", so that he could take it home and read it carefully.

If it wasn't for the fact that the detective agency didn't have a crack in the ground to drill, Xiao Ba would probably have gone down a long time ago...

——Everyone, imagine that Mr. Zhou Shuren took your second-level novel manuscript and said that he would study it carefully. Please tell me, who would not want to throw himself into the river on the spot?

Then, the next day, the editor of Yuanchuan Bookstore, which published Mr. Oda's works, came to the door.

That is, the Mediterranean man who is holding a cup of hot tea, sitting in the living room of the detective agency, chatting with Mr. Fukuzawa Yukichi.

According to Mr. Oda, he was reading Xiao Hachi’s manuscript that day, and met the editor who came to urge the manuscript. The other party thought it was a new novel written by him. Oda first said that it was written by a descendant of the president of the detective agency, so early this morning, he sent an editor to the detective agency to find this new author.

"Isn't that person Mr. Oda's editor?" The clerk of the detective agency whispered. She occasionally met the editor who would remind Mr. Oda in the coffee shop downstairs. The one the president spoke to was so serious...

"I heard that Yuanchuan Bookstore is responsible for editing light novels. The novel written by Miss Xiaoba is a light novel way. It happens that Yuanchuan Bookstore is thinking about how to expand the reading market for the younger generation. Recently, it is recruiting young readers. The draft of the novel!" Another well-informed clerk said, unaware that in the ears of Xiaoba passing by, she just exposed her identity as the second lover in the light novel...

Knowing so many things that can be called trends in the industry, Ms. An Tang seems to be reading light novels a lot... Xiao Ba said to herself, her eyes were still fixed on the screen, but she didn't know where her thoughts were flying.

At present, she is not yet an adult, so whether to sign a contract with the publishing house to publish novels still needs the consent of her guardian. After asking Xiaoba that she really likes to write, Fukuzawa Yukichi asked the law firm downstairs of the detective agency to help read Yuanchuan. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the contract brought by the editor of the bookstore, Xiao Ba signed the contract. Of course, he did not forget to add his guardian's signature.

——When he found out that the contract he brought was actually being read by a well-known litigator in Yokohama's legal circle, the editor's Mediterranean Sea had a brighter reflection, and the handkerchief he was clutching in his hand became wet faster ...

This is the reason why Xiao Ba obediently sits in front of the computer and codes the novella of "Envoy of the Gods", which he planned to write slowly after school starts.

Forget it, most of the light novels are only [-] words, which is too short compared to the long works of several million words on the Internet, isn't it just [-] short!Look at me for one day... no, three days... wait until the day after tomorrow when there is a dessert special, it would be better than a week, hey, I suddenly remembered that the new senior said that he would come back from abroad soon, and there must be no time to code, it would be better than a month Submit later...

"Xiaoba." Fukuzawa Yukichi called lightly.

Xiao Ba's back tightened immediately.

...How can the manuscript be delivered in one month? Of course, it is done within two days, and then you can enjoy it!

"Ah, Mr. Fukuzawa doesn't have to be so strict!" Editor Hejian of Yuanchuan Bookstore wiped the sweat from his brow and said with a sullen smile, "Novels should be carefully crafted. If you force them to write, On the contrary, I can’t write aura! I’m here today just to discuss and sign a contract with you... But if Teacher Zhenji has a new manuscript, it’s good that I can bring it back with me.”

One of the purposes of his coming to the detective agency this time is to confirm whether what Oda-sensei said "the newcomer writer who wrote the beginning in one afternoon" is true, and to confirm that no one else wrote it, then sign the contract. In addition, if he can It was a surprise to bring back the manuscript of the second chapter of "Envoy of the Gods" now, and he also had enough time to check the content, in case this novel with a stunning beginning went astray later.

——Because it is a "new writer who is involved in writing for the first time", Yuanchuan Bookstore is afraid that Mengxin, who has just stepped into the road of writing, will not be able to control the tension of the article, so he specially found an editor to be responsible for Xiaoba—anyway, they are now light It is enough to edit the novel line before it has been rolled out-let Xiao Ba write a part and hand in the other part. If there is something that is not suitable, he can correct it immediately.

After all, compared with those "veteran" who have published more than one book, although the works of new writers are full of vigor, they are also prone to huge flaws: such as being too loyal to their own ideas, running counter to the market, desperately supporting A female character who will not be popular with readers at all is set up as a heroine. For the sake of the so-called "profound thinking", let yourself go and write a plot that feels good but is terrible...

In the language of the Internet, it can be summed up in one word: poisonous point.

As a senior editor of light novels, Hejian has seen too many novels with startling and vigorous beginnings collapse in the middle and late stages. Most of them are due to the problems mentioned above. At that time, the first author assigned to him had this kind of problem...

However, I didn't expect the speed of this newcomer author to use the computer to code words... It's really fast, has it caught up with the professional input staff?

Mr. Hejian looked at the fingers of the middle school girl flying on the keyboard and thought to himself.

While negotiating the contract, Mr. Hejian took away the manuscript of the second chapter of "Envoy of the Gods". Feeling a bit confused, Xiaoba poured bubble water for himself, and heard his teacher yelling angrily: " Where did that bandage waste device go again!!! How many days has he been absent from work!!!"

"Okay, okay, Kunikida, he's working, but he didn't show up..." Mr. Oda, who can be said to be a good guy in the detective agency, said habitually, "Maybe he's too busy to come back? "

"No matter how busy you are, Oda, you are busy! If he doesn't come back, who will do the investigation in Dandong Town in the afternoon?" Kunikida pressed the phone anxiously, "This is too..."

"Ah, that," Oda Sakunosuke said suddenly, "I'll go, anyway, I've almost dealt with the matter at hand."

Kunikida was stunned: "It's possible..."

"Then let's make it so." Oda Sakunosuke directly set the itinerary.

Xiao Ba leaned over: "Teacher, do you want me to help?" She pointed at herself, smiling very cutely, "It's okay to leave it to me to run errands!"

——Anyway, she doesn't want to see the computer in the last three hours!

Kunikida glanced at his cheap student, thinking that this child was sitting in front of the computer almost all morning, and he should be exercising, so he nodded in agreement and asked her to send a copy of it with Haruno Kirako, the detective agency clerk. Information to the military and police.

Although I was not very familiar with it before—mainly because Miss Haruno often peeked at Xiao Ba secretly with a very fanatical gaze, making Xiao Ba’s hair stand on end from time to time—but on the way to the customs building of the military and police, The two became familiar with each other.

Although Kiroko Haruno is a hopeless and severe cat addict, but because the president issued a ban on the detective agency, it is forbidden to mention the fact that Hachi can turn into a cat, and the "special ability" she announced to the public is nailed down. After dying from that powerful active attack ability, she wouldn't mention the cat that day, and just chatted with other topics, which was quite lively.

When we got to the customs building, because the unfamiliar faces had not been registered, Xiao Ba didn't go up, and just sat on a sofa in the lobby on the first floor, waiting for Kiroko Haruno to send the documents back.

Felt like a dog being taken out for a walk.

Xiaoba felt this way inexplicably.

"Ah, we meet again."

Xiao Ba was taken aback, turned his head, and found that the kind-hearted man he saw that day was sitting on the sofa behind a row of green plants—he was still dressed that day, and the bandages hidden under the fabric were visible. She was wearing a windbreaker, and insisted on saying something different, but the emotion in those iris-colored eyes seemed much more real than when they met last time.

"...It's you!" Xiao Ba just wanted to address him, but then he remembered that this person didn't tell him his name, so he got stuck.

This reaction made the other party laugh: "The expression is very interesting! Why, I didn't expect to meet so soon?"

"Well, Yokohama is huge after all!" Xiao Ba said calmly.

I don't know what her words hit the other party, but when he smiled, he sighed inexplicably: "Yes, Yokohama is very big."

But when Xiao Ba listened carefully, he found nothing.

She decided to ignore this for now: "By the way, you said last time that you will tell me your name when we meet next time..."

Even through the light brown half-rim glasses, you can clearly see the unfinished words in the eyes behind the lenses: it's already the next time we meet!

"Ah, then I have to keep my word, but by contrast, Miss will tell me what to call you!" The young man with iris eyes smiled and said.

This is not difficult, Xiao Ba said without hesitation: "Just call me Xiao Ba!"

"Little Ba..." He chewed on the address for a moment, and when Xiao Ba looked over, the young man's face no longer showed any emotion that shouldn't exist, "My name is Zhi."

Xiaoba: "...This is a first name, without a surname?"

She thought the other party would tell her name!

"It was 'name' at the time!" The young man named "Zhi" smiled childishly, "If you want to know my name, then..."

"When we meet next time?" Xiao Ba seamlessly picked it up, sighing, "Mr. Zhi, this excuse to have follow-up contacts with women is very old-fashioned!"

The young man smiled and said, "No, I'm not going to tell Xiao Ba what my last name is."

Xiaoba: "...?"

Xiao Ba slowly put a question mark on his face - using his expression.

"Because I found that Xiaoba's voice when calling me 'Mr. Zhi' is very nice!"

Xiao Ba realized something this time, and she said hesitantly: "...Mr. Zhi, I am only 14 years old this year, and I am still a junior high school student!"

Although the height is a little bit (Xiaoba: just a little bit!) a bit short, but considering that the height of most women in this country is also her current level (maybe even shorter), even the mainstream aesthetics of society is small birds, Judging from the childishness of losing face, it is not incomprehensible to be approached by young people in society...

If the other party thinks that she is a slightly barren adult woman with a baby face because of her calm and careful thinking in dealing with the port Mafia disaster dog... then this is a big misunderstanding!

"Of course I..." The young man was interrupted by a voice just halfway through his words.

"Finally found you, Hun Dan Tai Zai!"

Looking at the figure behind the young man who seemed to be possessed by a black demon king, only the iconic pigtail and reflective glasses could be seen, Xiao Ba swallowed, and subconsciously moved back.

The young man with kite-colored eyes was more stiff than her, and his whole face was filled with disbelief of "Why is this voice appearing here? Is it my hallucination?"

After watching the bloody scene that is not suitable for the healthy growth of children's body and mind, the three of them sat down on the sofa.

"It turned out to be Mr. Dazai from the detective agency!" Xiao Ba finally figured out the cause and effect. The kind person who helped him that day turned out to be the partner that the teacher often talked about and scolded to death.

She probably noticed the bandage wasting device, but what about the other nicknames... Especially the suicidal madman, I'm a little concerned...

So it happened to be because of Yukichi-san that I saved her that day--Mr. Dazai is Yukichi-san's subordinate, she suddenly accepted a request to find a cat, and she was in Yokohama, an unfamiliar place. In the city, Mr. Yukichi was worried that she would get lost (after all, he had a criminal record), so he sent someone to follow her secretly, but she was not noticed. Probably Mr. Dazai knew from Mr. Yukichi that she had five senses, so he walked in the downwind all the way and was not caught. She is aware of any sound and breath.

Dazai, whose identity was revealed, turned into a bear and slumped on the coffee table, with loveless written all over his face: "I said...why is Kunikida here? Shouldn't he go to Danto Town with Odasaku to investigate Yet?"

How could a planning maniac like Kunikida break his own plan all of a sudden!

Dazai was puzzled.

"I found something, and the clues led to the customs building, so I came here, and Oda was still looking for more clues there." Kunikida pinched his ideal notebook, and said angrily, "It's you, why are you here?" here?"

He thought this girl was floating in some river or hanging on a tree waiting for rescue!

Dazai glanced at the different-eyed girl who already treated him as an "elder" like Kunikida, and didn't want to say a word.

Baby aggrieved.

Baby don't say.

He did find out that what the detective agency was investigating was related to some people in the customs building, so he came here, but he didn't expect that Kunikida would have clues pointing to him... Tsk, no matter who is behind the scenes, There are clues everywhere, as long as you are not blind, you can find someone, isn't it because you don't get rid of the horse fast enough!

He didn't want to admit that his well-planned affairs were messed up by a clumsy and careless real murderer behind the scenes.

It's just a disgrace to his reputation.

"All in all, it's good that you are here, let's go visit people with me next!" Kunikida held Dazai's collar and stood up with the momentum of "I will drag you away".

Xiao Ba hurriedly followed, but when she got up, a red rope slipped out of her pocket.

"Hey?"

She picked up the red rope suspiciously, then thought of something, quickly reached into her pocket, and took out the cat puppet He Zhi gave her.

"What's wrong?" Kunikida asked after noticing her movements.

The rope buckle is unraveled, strange, did she touch the lucky knot just now... Xiao Hachi looked at the cat puppet with its belly open in her hand, and was thinking, when she heard Kunikida's words, she shook her head: "It's okay."

Forget it, it's nothing, originally this was accepted for the sake of the child, the additional special power is actually not important.

What's more, "good luck" or something is too illusory, and it is more real to believe in one's own power.

She stuffed the rope and the stuffed cat back into her pocket, and quickly followed the teacher's pace.