I'm on the scramble

Come all come, an eternal root of all evil.

Now the two guys who were invited into the Armed Detective Agency for tea are very panicked. They already believe that they are here to deliver this trip.

After the attack launched by the port mafia on the tram, everyone in the detective agency was busy dealing with the follow-up matters. He was nowhere to be seen at the chaotic desk. He should be looking for the president.

And Xie Ye took the two captives back in the morning and locked them in the infirmary and couldn't come out. The others have been busy going back and forth in front of their computers since they received the notice from the tram today.

Accountability claims from the railway safety management department, claims for disrupting public order, anger and complaints from the casualties in the bombing, and reports submitted by the government...etc.

Of course, it wasn't all bad things. One of the hostages rescued by Xie Ye in the tram was the president of a large company, and he provided them with great assistance afterwards.

When Ari appeared in the office, Kunikida hurried over to question him nervously.

"Are you sure you didn't break any unnecessary public facilities? Did you hurt innocent people? The issue of compensation..."

"Oh, I was paying attention." Ah Li waved his hand, Kunikida loved to be so worried every time, and felt as if he treated her like a prodigal son.

Her slack attitude naturally displeased the flaxen-haired youth, and the long braid hanging behind the western-style vest was tossed and flicked by the owner's annoyed mood.

"Please have some self-awareness that you are a problem child—every time, every time, the troubles I created for you are still relatively small?"

Although the relationship between the two of them is actually closer than ordinary people, but this guy dared to disrespect her so much in front of outsiders, took a breath, and Ah Li immediately gritted his teeth dangerously.

"... Kunikida, do you want to be beaten?"

The threat was simple but feasible, and the flaxen-haired young man in front of him straightened his expression.After a moment of silence, he pushed his glasses and looked at the two behind Ah Li, and regained his usual calmness: "Are you a guest? Please do what you want."

Amuro and Conan, who had watched the whole face-changing process, nodded to each other in a friendly manner, and then saw the intellectual young man turn his head to the silver-haired boy involved in the incident: "Then Aunt, come and tell me the whole story of what happened. .”

"Ah, good!" Dun nodded again and again, and greeted A Li before leaving: "Miss Li, I'll go first."

"Go." A Li, who was happy to let go, waved at him, and first led the two of them through everyone's office space, and sat down on the sectional sofa in the next reception room.

"This place is small, so you should try to relax and visit."

As a guest, Amuro sat on the same sofa with Conan, and Ari sat comfortably on the opposite side. As soon as he sat down, the cat was absorbed by the soft cushion on the sofa as if it had been liquefied.

The sofa is actually placed not far from the desk. In fact, everyone is in the same space, and you can clearly see the figures of colleagues working around you.On weekdays, when no client comes to the door, Dazai, a certain suicide lover, will lie here and sleep late in a grandiose manner.

But Zai Mou hasn't come back yet.

"Miss Li, are these two guests?" Tanizaki who was passing by glanced here.

"Yes, treat them well, please help me to pour some tea." A Li casually directed his younger brother, and opened the refreshments he bought back from the detective agency before.

Fortunately, the gifts were not damaged in the previous battle. There are a lot of food such as shortbread and glutinous rice sticks in the plate. Sprinkle some soybean flour and black molasses in a small bag on the surface and eat it. Sweet but not greasy.

After receiving the order, Tanizaki was hesitant to speak for a moment. He looked at the two sitting on the sofa for a while, and then he held back his words and turned to leave.

Five minutes later, Tanizaki poured a few cups of tea and turned back.

"Please use."

"Thank you—" Both of them were very polite people, and they thanked them naturally and raised their heads, but unexpectedly, their eyes suddenly froze at this moment.

The orange-haired boy who came back after pouring water for them was standing behind the girl's sofa chair, holding up a white signboard towards the two of them, on which was written with a black oil-based pen, 'If you are kidnapped, please blink, I Fang colleagues will come to rescue you' this sentence.

Toru Amuro and Conan: "..."

What kind of image does she have in the minds of her colleagues?

Perhaps the speechless eyes of the two were too straightforward, and Ah Li noticed something strange behind him.Counting silently for a few seconds, the little head with the cat ear headband turned around suddenly when Tanizaki was caught off guard, and caught his 'criminal behavior' on the spot.

"Miss, Miss Ru! Listen to my explanation—" Facing Ah Li's gloomy expression of "you're done", Tanizaki finally couldn't help but turn into a hermit crab with weak legs, and subconsciously pushed the signature board to his head and backed away half a step.

"Explain? You still want to explain when you get all the stolen goods!"

A Li completely ignored Tanizaki's wailing, turned around and half-kneeled on the sofa, rushed over and grabbed the two long sleeves on Tanizaki's clothes, crossed and tightened them cruelly in front of him repeatedly to tie a dead knot.

"Woo, Ms. Li is really too much..."

Tanizaki, who was being bullied, wept and left without sleeves. Naomi took the opportunity to hold him in her arms to comfort him: "It's true...it's obvious that every time you provoke Ms. Li, it doesn't end well, and you still have to go to the brother who is asking for trouble." My lord, the crying appearance is really endearing..."

(Naomi, she is a black-bellied person...)

The other colleagues who encountered this scene couldn't help but say this truth.

"Lanbu should be busy with other things now, and I think it will come out later." No one else was making trouble, and Ah Li could finally enjoy his tea in peace.

"Ms. Li doesn't have to go to work?" Amuro asked curiously, imitating others who changed her address naturally, and Conan was also very interested in this question.

——Everyone else is busy, so is it really good for her to stay here and have tea and snacks with the two of them?

"Actually, I've been on vacation for the past few days. It's fine."

A Li picked up a piece of biscuit, put it in her mouth and took a bite, and while chewing it, she thought about it, just in case, it would be better to give the two of them a vaccination in advance.

"I want to tell you in advance, sometimes the 'real thing' will be much different than imagined. Longing is the furthest distance. Don't just look at Luanbu's clever mind. His temper is actually eccentric, and he acts self-centered. Casually provoke life..."

Unknowingly, Ah Li, who started talking ill of Luanbu, didn't notice that a figure was slowly approaching behind her.When she was talking happily, someone suddenly pulled up her wrist and took half of the biscuit away from her hand as if nothing had happened.

"Wow! Ranbu, why did you suddenly appear!" A Li was taken aback by his cat-like light footsteps.

However, the black-haired young man who appeared behind her did not pursue Ah Li's matter, but squinted his eyes, looking at the two strangers sitting in front of him.After swallowing the half of the biscuit, he suddenly said something pointedly.

"Ali, didn't I say that it's okay not to bring me a 'gift'?"

The atmosphere seemed to become a little stiff.

While he was sizing up, the two people on the opposite side were also secretly sizing up the rumored detective—Ranpo Edogawa.

He was dressed in a light brown detective outfit like eagle feathers, his young and handsome appearance portrayed a few strokes of childish innocence, and his detached demeanor seemed to be indifferent to anything.

But that alienated attitude is towards outsiders, and the edge revealed at the end of his eyes is very sharp.

The moment the other party slightly opened their eyes, the two thoughtful people felt as if they were going to be pierced by this look, and the dewdrops from the early morning chilled their foreheads as if they hadn't evaporated.

There is no doubt that this is the famous detective himself who has solved tens of thousands of difficult cases.

The tension lurking in their respective bodies was dismissed unexpectedly by a girl's voice at this moment: "You said no, didn't you have a good time eating—"

Ah Li tried his best to pretend to be indifferent and stared at Ranbu's lips, but the moment his figure appeared in his eyes, the surrounding light seemed to be bright, and the pink thoughts in his mind were surging uncontrollably.

(...Does he know that he has bitten half of that biscuit!)

But he may not understand, or he may take everything for granted.

Luanbu, who was poked at the center, just puffed out his mouth and sat directly next to Ah Li.With his left arm resting on the back of his head leisurely, he casually took the tea from the table and put it into his mouth. Even if there were outsiders in front of him, he still regarded this place as his own home in a leisurely manner.

"Who are these two?" The detective evaded the topic of his own integrity, and finally asked about the two of them with great kindness.

Ah Li immediately straightened his back and introduced: "I met this kid at Mihua today, and he is your fan. Look, these are the snacks I bought with him to give you."

Although he was vaguely worried about something in his heart, the joy in his heart defeated everything at this time. Conan introduced excitedly and nervously: "Mr. Ranpo, I have known you from a long time ago, my name is Kudo... cough Jiang Conan Togawa!"

The primary school student who almost leaked his words stared nervously at the famous detective in front of him. While listening, he squeezed the little snack again and again to observe intently, wondering if he had noticed any clues about himself.

It would be too miserable if he fell off the horse as soon as he got up——

Unexpectedly, the accident came from another place.

"Edogawa...?" Ah Li raised his eyebrows, was surprised to hear his surname for the first time, turned his head and excitedly expressed his thoughts to Ranbu: "Isn't this the same surname as Ranbu? I understand, could he be your long-lost brother..."

Conan thumped in his heart, sweating wildly.

As a result, before Ah Li finished speaking, Luanbu pinched his cheek and stopped the conversation: "Are you stupid? How is it possible? My parents will never have an illegitimate child behind my back! I am the only child!"

Ah Li slapped the restless hand away, and stared angrily into his eyes: "No, no! Don't pinch my face!"

Conan, who had successfully escaped, let go of the boulder in his heart, and deliberately squeezed his throat like a primary school student and shouted: "Ahahaha, no, I just happen to have the same surname as Mr. Ranpo, and I feel super lucky too! Mr. Ranpo, I have admired you since I was a child, please give me your advice when we meet for the first time—"

Chewing biscuits indiscriminately, responding indifferently to his performance: "And then?"

Ah Li didn't even notice, so she leaned into his ear and whispered, "Is there anyone who talks to a child like that! You are not allowed to disturb their mood!"

Her soft breath came from his ears, and Mr. Detective shrank his shoulders inexplicably, as if she had blown a dandelion towards him, and the itchy white fluff made him unable to think as accurately as usual .

"Okay, okay... Please give me some advice." The obedient Luanbu took out an unopened colorful wooden box from under the coffee table, and said to the little boy opposite, "Want to play pick and choose?"

He is willing to take out his favorite toys and invite Conan to play together, which is the most friendly attitude he can convey.

There are many colorful bamboo sticks in that wooden box. The rule of the game is to throw all the colored sticks to the ground, and use one of the bamboo sticks to pick the selected bamboo stick out of the bamboo without disturbing the other bamboo sticks. sign pile.Bamboo sticks of different shapes and colors have different points. Once you accidentally touch other bamboo sticks, you need to hand over to the next round of players to take over the game until all the bamboo sticks are picked.

This is a game that tests the player's attention, observation, judgment, and calculation and analysis skills. Ranpo has also achieved the achievement of taking the victory without letting Ah Li make a move from the beginning to the end.

Conan looked at the box of games in front of him that he didn't even want to play in elementary school, and nodded solemnly: "If this is the test set by Mr. Ranpo, I will go all out."

The fan filter is really scary.

Ali: "...you think too much, this is an ordinary educational toy for children."

However, the two who were immersed in the children's toys could no longer listen to this sentence.

"Ah, originally I wanted to introduce you to Ranbu, but now it doesn't seem like a good time, don't mind me." In order to make up for Amuro who was deliberately neglected by someone, Ah Li gave him several small pieces. biscuit.

Amuro shook his head and said that he didn't mind, and simply smiled and talked with her: "How long has Miss Li been working here?"

As if having a tea party, Ah Li threw back the question naturally: "It's been 11 years, how about you, what kind of work have you done?"

Amuro smiled and said, "A relatively stable job like a fixed salary, as well as some interesting part-time jobs. Is Ms. Li more interested in being a detective?"

For some reason, he seemed to like to insinuate things about A Li, and A Li answered them one by one, exchanging information with him.Suddenly Amuro stopped talking, just when Ah Li tilted his head in doubt, he pointed to the corner of his mouth.

"Cookie crumbs, it's on."

"Huh? Where?"

Ah Li touched it indifferently but failed to touch it, and then felt a chill on his lips.

The fingertips approaching from the opposite side wiped away the biscuit crumbs from the corner of her lips.

Before he could react, a sudden pulling force dragged Ah Li back to the sofa.

"I advise you to stop talking to men of unknown origin, so that you don't know when you are kidnapped."

Ah Li twisted her neck uncomfortably, staring at the game ended at some point with her almond eyes, dragged her back to her side, and wrote "I'm very unhappy now" Luanbu with a clear expression on her face.

"What's a man of unknown origin? It's obvious that you didn't listen to his self-introduction just now, okay?" A Li rolled his eyes and said, "This is Amuro who came back with us."

"Hello, my name is Toru Amuro, and I'm a waiter in a coffee shop." The light-blond young man smiled politely.

But his politeness didn't seem to be very useful to Ranpo, as if trying to make things difficult, Ranbu squinted and asked, "Hey, then you are also good at making dim sum?"

"Of course, this is my job after all." Amuro replied with a tight smile.

"You're good at 'other stuff' too? Like shooting and 'acting' or something."

"Mr. Ranpo was joking, I'm just an ordinary waiter in a coffee shop."

"But you can easily die suddenly just looking at it."

"...I thought my body should be healthy?"

Ah Li looked at the two of them back and forth, always feeling that the atmosphere between the two seemed to be a bit tit for tat.

An unhappy famous detective kept staring at the man in front of him while speaking, and his unchanging gaze seemed to be carefully exploring his identity.The wisdom and pressure inadvertently revealed by the exploring eyes made even Conan beside him feel uneasy.

In order to ease the awkward atmosphere, Conan exaggeratedly said: "Wow, the tea in my cup is gone, I'm so thirsty!"

"I'll pour it for you, Miss Li, can you tell me where the water dispenser is?" Amuro took his cup and got up.

"Just let me come."

There is no reason to let guests come to visit and pour tea by himself, Ah Li stood up cheerfully on a rare occasion, wanting to take the cup in his hand to help.

"No need." Unexpectedly, Amuro moved his hand away in a big reaction, and the upper body of Ah Li, who had found nothing, suddenly leaned forward, and the outstretched hand accidentally hit the coat on the chest of the opposite person, as if something was broken by it. fall down.

The atmosphere was momentarily terribly heavy.

Everyone stared at what fell at Amuro's feet - the black and silver foreign object that shouldn't appear here.

I saw Ranbu folded his hands comfortably behind his head, crossed his legs, and deliberately dragged out his tone to expose the lie he just said.

"Hey, it turns out that an ordinary waiter in a coffee shop also carries a gun with him?"

There was a crack in Toru Amuro's steady old dog's smile.