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"... How, how is it possible... The dean hates me the most, he wished he had a legitimate reason to drive me away early, and let me fend for myself in the wild... How is it possible..."

In order to continue to bully him?

Atsushi Nakajima stared at Chiriko with suspicious eyes, opened his mouth slightly, then closed it again, unable to speak for a while.

It suddenly occurred to him that apart from the principal, on-duty nurses, doctors, guards and other staff, there were indeed no other adults in the orphanage.

In fact, he, who knows nothing about welfare law, can quickly understand if he thinks about it a little: it is impossible for an orphanage to raise a person indefinitely, from birth to adulthood, and then to old age.The number of beds, total amount of food and funds that the orphanage can provide is limited. There are newcomers who urgently need shelter, and those who have grown up must naturally go out to leave places for those who need it more.

The Welfare Act specifies a time limit by which protected persons must leave, before their 18th birthday.

In the heart of the dean, he is undoubtedly the person who needs it the least.

Then...why?

This is something Atsushi Nakajima never thought about, why not drive him away on his birthday, when he is no longer the legal aid target?

Do not understand, can not understand, in the end why.

Atsushi Nakajima desperately hopes to get a reasonable explanation.

"I can only think of it this way—even if I hate you the most, I have to keep you. There is such a reason."

Zhi Lizi calmly gave a reasonable guess in the legal sense, "welfare facilities support orphans under the age of 18, and children with disabilities such as physical, intellectual, severe physical and mental, mental and emotional, blind, deaf, and dumb will not be affected by time. Jumping from the last day of 17 to the first day of 18, they suddenly have the ability to live independently. Forcing them to leave welfare facilities is tantamount to murder. For disabled children, there are other welfare systems to ensure that they can enjoy normal After social life, the focus will change from medical protection to education."

"I'm not!"

Atsushi Nakajima anxiously denied that he was not a disabled child who needed and received special treatment.

He clenched his hands tightly to show his strength, and he lifted the lower edge of his clothes again, revealing his flat belly and his healthy limbs and body.

"Look, Chiriko-san, look! I'm not!"

Zhilizi approached, looked at it carefully, and poked it lightly with her index finger, "Ah...it is whiter, smoother, more elastic, and soft than the almost non-working Luanbu."

"Eh……?"

The reviews are unexpected.

Atsushi Nakajima was stunned for a moment, and the unconvinced rebuttal immediately sounded.

"Of course I can't trouble a famous detective with such trivial things as cleaning the detective agency and organizing documents! It's a waste of my mind and physical strength, and it will make me hard to hug!"

Ranpo used a super-reasonable tone, and it was definitely a loss for him to make him work—an absurd argument hit his face again.

Atsushi Nakajima shrank back subconsciously, and loosened his hands that raised the hem of his clothes, covering his thin upper body tightly.

In the food chain that is automatically arranged in Atsushi Nakajima's brain: Osamu Dazai is a savior who can't be rewarded, and Ranpo is an existence that Osamu Dazai said would be impossible, so they are "higher-level creatures" and cannot be messed with. big shot.

Although Luanbu's words have been subverting his cognition and common sense, it will make me uncomfortable to hold any weird reason.

Labor will make the skin rough, and long-term friction will form calluses, which will no longer be soft.In order not to become difficult to hug, then stop working. This is obviously an unreasonable strong word that will be severely beaten by the dean-but when Luanbu interrupted suddenly, the topic changed, and Atsushi Nakajima's brain activities were invisible. Squeezed in, I have a lot of thoughts about Luanbu.Because the sense of existence of Ranbu is too high, the absurd viewpoint immediately dilutes his extremely confused, sad, and trembling emotions.

Unknowingly, his mind was filled with slander against Ranbu.

Atsushi Nakajima was thinking confusedly.

"Ranbu, according to what you said, in a situation where two people are responsible for housework, the person who does more will become harder to hug, and the person who does less will feel harder to hug," said Zhi Lizi Chaotic logic, deduction.

"I can't be huggable anymore, and neither can you, Chiriko, we have to be equally huggable! ——Please ask Dr. Ali to invent a robot that does all the labor!"

Ranpo decided without explanation.

Immediately, Ranbu wrinkled his eyes staring at the phone screen, and he announced:

"Ahhhh——I don't care about Chiriko, I'm almost blinded by the boring advertisement page! The advertisement is as colorful as a colorful comic, but it's not interesting at all. Really, it's just intentional to hurt the eyes of a detective! Huh ——The new air conditioner must be as good as the office, so I won’t pick it.”

Zhilizi responded, and his gaze fell back to his face.

Quietly, Atsushi Nakajima blinked when he didn't exist, organized in a low voice, and returned to the original topic: "Uh... Maybe it's because most of mine are new flesh that has grown recently, so it will be whiter and smoother , Elastic, soft..." It seems that it will be very comfortable to hold.

Repeating the adjective Chiriko just said, Atsushi Nakajima's already shy voice became lower and lower.

He also likes to cuddle fluffy cats.

Some of them have a strong exclusive right. When he has the smell of other creatures on his body, he will become very alert. This is the instinctive sense of territory of creatures.

Atsushi Nakajima sat upright, making himself look like a harmless cat, ensuring that he didn't have the slightest thought of intruding here.

Speaking of new meat, Atsushi Nakajima belatedly realized that he had terrible scars on his body.

What Chiriko just touched was the edge of the burn scar.

Zhilizi clearly saw it, but said that.

So... it was because he noticed his low and restless mood, and instead of pressing the question, he gently switched to another topic, just like the previous "Speaking of Books", did he use chaotic steps to adjust the atmosphere of the conversation this time?

I don't know if my guess is correct, but the feeling that I am being valued is real.

It was the first time I was rescued by a good person who was completely unfamiliar, it was the first time I had a private room sheltered from the wind and rain, a warm bed, and suitable new clothes, and it was the first time I opened my stomach and ate happily until I was full, so I didn’t have to worry about someone robbing him , framing that the candy he found in the trash can was stolen, it was the first time someone said they wanted to "invest" in him, and said he had the ability to pay in return... This was the first time he experienced the opposite of loneliness and fear, he related Someone who can cut his mood and ask for help.

Moreover, Chiriko is a reliable lawyer.

Detective business is also supported.

Atsushi Nakajima met Chiriko's eyes, and told the truth: "...that was beaten by the dean with a red-hot iron rod last week."

Zhi Lizi frowned slightly, "Burned and injured with a stick? Nakajima-kun, I have been in contact with several arson and fire incidents, and I occasionally accidentally got burned when I was studying cooking, so I have a little understanding. According to ordinary people The speed of self-healing, if it was a burn last week, it is impossible to recover so quickly."

"I didn't remember wrongly. I can't remember the time of punishment wrongly. I have a deep memory..."

Governor Nakajima let out a breath, and slowly gave evidence of his experience, "...on the first day, the bones were very painful. On the second day, it was even more painful... the third day was the most painful, and the pain reached every part of the burn. Everywhere, because of the wind blowing gently, my slight movement, and the unstoppable cold sweat on my forehead and wound... I feel so much pain."

"But as far as I know, if the degree of burns defined by medicine is deep enough to bone, it is at least a third-degree burn whose wound surface must rely on surgical treatment. In other words, to the extent of eschar burns, skin grafting treatment is required. Amputation. As far as your scars are concerned, I personally think they look like minor burns, at most partial degree burns that heal on their own. The time it takes for deep partial degree burns to heal is 3 to 4 weeks. And last week So far, only-"

From last week to now, there is only one week.

The facts he experienced contradicted Chiriko's experience and turned into unexplainable lies.

Chiriko showed obvious suspicion.

Atsushi Nakajima stared wordlessly.

"Chiriko-san, I didn't lie."

"Nakajima-kun," Chiriko called him softly.

"You really are an idiot! A hopeless idiot!" Ranbu interjected unbearably, "Chiriko is not suspecting that you are lying, but is doubting your IQ! You are indeed a cosmic-level idiot—ordinary people are It is absolutely impossible to return to what you are now within a week, what Chiriko repeated repeatedly means, then have you never thought that you are not an ordinary person!"

"what……?"

Atsushi Nakajima was hit so dizzy by the words of a cannonball.

He followed instinct and turned to the source of the gunfire.

"So, you must have been punished like this not once or twice, but you have never realized that your self-healing speed and level are far superior to ordinary people since you were young—really, Chiriko understood it as soon as she heard it. , you have special abilities, just like I am the unique No.1 detective in the world, who can see through the truth with just one glance! Of course, your abilities are far inferior to mine, and your wisdom is no different from that of a newborn baby. Civilized monkey!"

Atsushi Nakajima caught the key words from the long speech without pausing, "I have... special ability?"

"Ah, you finally understand—"

Luanbu raised a nasty smile and dominated the topic, "You are the tiger that chases you all the way. "Transformation into a tiger" is your special ability, and it is also the reason why the orphanage locks you in the punishment room and isolates you from other people. The reason for coming.Recently, you have turned into a tiger more and more frequently and uncontrollably, seriously damaging the orphanage's already poor supplies, coupled with the safety hazards that can't keep you in check, and the fact that you have not left the orphanage even though you are over age, rumors have begun to spread—— The dean has to exile you. This is a matter of choosing between the interests of one person and a group of people.As for the absolutely unforgivable evil deeds committed against you by the dean and others, you can entrust Chiriko to sue.Nakajima-kun, if you have nothing else to do, you can leave! "

Ranbu looked at him with disdain, and said, "If there is, please leave too! Because Chiriko and I are going out now!"

"Now, go out?" Chiriko looked worriedly.

"The new air conditioner is the same as the one in the office, that's fine." Luanbu's disgusted expression instantly turned into a sparkling smile, "However, as for furniture like beds, let's try it out in the field. What kind of mattress can you lie on? The most comfortable, soft, and wide enough, you can roll freely without any scruples, of course, it is more convenient to experience this kind of thing and compare it directly, right!"