Zongman: Hong Kong's black ceiling but autistic, what should I do?

"Oh, this outfit is so cute!"

“This outfit looks so handsome”

"This set is very suitable for Xiaoxue"

...

"These, these, we don't want these, pack up the rest for me!"

...

"Clothes, cell phones, cups, toothbrushes, towels... Yeah, I bought everything. Ah, this doll is so cute. It will accompany Xiaoxue to sleep at night. This, this, I bought it!"

Yosano Akiko looked like a nouveau riche. She pointed at a few dolls on the shelf and asked the salesperson to pack them up.

Mori Yuki was behind Yosano Akiko, carrying a dozen bags in both hands. Seeing Yosano Akiko also carrying her hands full of shopping bags and still shopping, she silently supplemented the "normal human behavior" in her heart -

Normal humans simply cannot stop shopping, and their strength and endurance are significantly enhanced when shopping, while their sanity is reduced to a certain extent.

"Okay, that's about it. We'll buy the rest next time. Let's put the things home first, and then we'll go find the teacher and Mr. Ranpo."

Yosano Akiko picked up the shopping bags packed by the salesperson, and finally realized that she and Mori Yuki's hands were already full of things, so she mercifully decided to go home.

Yosano Akiko and Mori Yuki were walking on their way home when they met a mother with a son who looked like he had just started kindergarten.

"Mom! Mom! Look! It's Sakura!"

"Oh, it's so beautiful~ But are the cherry blossoms blooming now? I thought it would take a while~"

"Mom! The cherry blossoms are so beautiful!"

"Taro, stand next to the cherry tree. Mommy will take a picture of you and the cherry blossoms!"

"Good~"

Yosano Akiko was watching the warm daily life of mother and son with satisfaction, when suddenly she noticed that Mori Yuki beside her stopped moving. She turned around to look at Mori Yuki and found that she had been staring at the cherry blossoms not far away.

"Xiaoxue?"

"Cherry blossoms...?"

Mori Yuki came back to her senses, pointed at the cherry blossoms in the distance, and asked Yosano Akiko with a puzzled look on her face.

"What happened to Sakura? It's definitely Sakura."

Yosano Akiko was a little confused and didn't quite understand what Mori Yuki meant.

"what..."

After hearing Yosano Akiko's affirmation, Mori Yuki walked to the cherry tree and looked carefully at the flowers on the tree.

Yosano Akiko walked up to Mori Yuki and was about to see what was different about the cherry blossoms that attracted Mori Yuki's attention, but was suddenly grabbed by Mori Yuki and followed Mori Yuki to a flower shop on the roadside.

"Hello, do you want to buy flowers?"

Mori Xue pulled Yosano Akiko to a flower tree planted in a pot at the entrance of the flower shop, pointed at the flowers on the tree and asked:

"Cherry blossoms...?"

"Ah, guest, are you interested in peach blossoms? These are the ornamental peach blossoms I planted myself. Although for some reason they bloomed earlier this year than in previous years, they still look beautiful now, and will produce peaches in a while."

"what..."

When Mori Xue heard the words of the flower shop owner, she put down her hand that was pointing at the flowers and looked dazed.

"So this pink flower is not called cherry blossom... So I... didn't complete... Masaaki's last order."

"Xiaoxue? What's wrong? Do you want to buy a peach tree? I can go back and ask Mr. Fukuzawa if I can plant it in the yard behind the detective agency."

Yosano Akiko looked at Mori Yuki, who was suddenly "lost" (that's how Yosano Akiko felt), and waved her hand in front of Mori Yuki.

Mori Xue came to her senses, shook her head, and pulled Yosano Akiko back.

...

Yosano Akiko sat on the sofa in the detective agency and looked at Mori Yuki with a worried look on her face.

Until after lunch, Mori Yuki had been looking "lost". Even now when she arrived at the detective agency, Mori Yuki only looked around when she first entered the door, and then followed Yosano Akiko to greet the people in the office, and then kept her head down and didn't say a word.

Although Mori Yuki responded to everything Yosano Akiko said and kept saying that there was nothing wrong with her, Yosano Akiko could still see different emotions on Mori Yuki's calm face.

"Ugh--"

Yosano Akiko sighed, turned around and said to the figure who was eating snacks and playing newspaper games on the desk not far away:

"Mr. Ranpo, can you do me a favor?"

"Ok?"

Sitting in his office chair, Edogawa Ranpo raised his head and glanced at Mori Yuki, then looked at Yosano Akiko who looked worried, and said:

"As for Yosano, for the president's sake, let's leave it to Ranpo-sama!"

Edogawa Ranpo took out a pair of glasses from his pocket and put them on. He opened his squinting eyes, revealing his emerald pupils, and observed Mori Xue carefully:

"Special ability, [Super Reasoning]"

"Yeah, that's it."

Edogawa Ranpo nodded and said to Yosano Akiko:

"Yosano, don't worry. He just suddenly realized that he didn't complete the mission 100%. This went against the orders he had been receiving, so he didn't know what emotion to pretend for a moment. Well, maybe a little bit of emotional awakening is needed, just a little bit~"

"Eh? Mr. Ranpo, I didn't tell you about Xiaoxue. How did you know..."

Yosano Akiko noticed that Mori Yuki, who had been "depressed", suddenly raised her head and looked at Edogawa Ranpo.

"I'm the world's number one detective, I can easily deduce such a small matter!

You must have known this kid for a long time. Judging from your attitude towards him, he doesn't seem like an ordinary friend you would normally meet. It's obvious that you met him 'there'.

The living person related to "there" has not been seen in the news. He must be someone very important to some big shot.

Since he is related to the above, but met you alone, he must have escaped by himself.

Seeing how much you, Yosano, value his feelings, he must be the person you mentioned before that you wanted to apologize to in person.

Combined with the accident that happened "there" mentioned in the news before, it is clear that his identity is the subject of a human experiment of some big shot.

The only reason such an experimental subject could be so 'emotionally exposed' is probably because of the obedience he has been taught to do so."

Edogawa Ranpo looked back at Mori Yuki with a proud expression as if to say, "Ranpo-sama is the most powerful in the world!"

"What should we do now?" Yosano Akiko looked at Mori Yuki worriedly.

When Yosano Akiko heard Edogawa Ranpo's answer, she vaguely guessed that Mori Yuki's appearance might be related to the flowers that Mori Yuki brought to Tachihara Masaaki two years ago.

It should be that Tachihara Masaaki wanted cherry blossoms, but Mori Yuki brought peach blossoms instead, so the situation of "not completing the task 100%" appeared. But now Mori Yuki can no longer bring real cherry blossoms to Tachihara Masaaki...

"It's easy!"

Edogawa Ranpo turned around and continued to read the newspaper. A light voice came from behind the seat:

"Xiaoxue, [normal humans won't complete tasks 100%]~"

"!" Mori Xue suddenly cheered up after hearing what Edogawa Ranpo said.

In fact, the first order that Mori Yuki received to "live a normal human life" was not from Kamimura or Tachihara Masaaki, but from Mori Ogai.

When Mori Ogai instructed Tachihara Masaaki and Yamaguchi Yōta to teach Mori Yuki how to speak, he said, "Speak like a normal human being" -

Sen Xue often receives tasks divided into different stages. The specific content and issuers of the tasks in each stage may be different, but ultimately they all serve the same goal.

Therefore, Mori Yuki has always regarded Mori Ogai's order to "speak like a normal human being" as the first stage of "living a normal human life."

When conflicts and contradictions arise in tasks, and unless otherwise stated or emphasized, Senxue will determine the priority of the tasks according to the position of the task issuer.

That is to say-

The "Normal Human" series of quests released by Mori Ogai are higher than the "Sakura" quests released by Tachihara Masaaki.

"Normal humans" will not complete the task 100%, so Mori Yuki did not complete Tachihara Masaaki's "Sakura" task in order to complete the "Normal Human" series of tasks released by Mori Ogai.

So Xiaoxue did nothing wrong!

Xiaoxue just chose a task with a higher priority when completing the mission and did not disobey orders!

Thinking of this, Mori Xue regained her spirits, but——

Mori Xue didn't know why, even though she knew she was not wrong, she still felt a little uncomfortable.

Mori Xue couldn't figure out what she was feeling.

I can clearly feel that my heart is healthy, but my heart still hurts as if it is broken.

Yosano Akiko was happy to see Mori Yuki cheer up again, but when she saw Mori Yuki suddenly look uncomfortable and put her hand on her heart, she started to get nervous again and hurriedly asked Edogawa Ranpo for help.

"Mr. Ranpo!"

Edogawa Ranpo was wearing glasses. He looked back at Mori Xue and said:

"Ah, he just felt sad. Congratulations, Yosano, he has finally made some progress emotionally."

"Eh?"

Yosano Akiko couldn't understand why Mori Yuki was suddenly sad, but Yosano Akiko, who unconditionally believed in Edogawa Ranpo, still touched Mori Yuki's head and silently comforted her.

"Ah, is this what it means to be sad? It's even more painful than having your heart stabbed. 'Emotions' are so powerful."

When Mori Xue heard what Edogawa Ranpo said, she touched her heart thoughtfully.