Chapter 44: Hayana, we are here to save you!

——Dazai.

"Ranpo! Come home with me, I need your help!"

Pushing open the door of the Armed Detective Agency, under the surprised gazes of many civilian staff, Hayana Kotori quickly and accurately found Ranpo Edogawa who was leaning on the office chair, holding a glass bead in his hand and looking at the sun.

Putting down the colorful glass beads illuminated by the sunlight, the famous detective squinted his eyes and looked at the girl who was walking towards him, looking exhausted.

He took out his glasses and put them on, and his eyes were captivatingly green when he opened them.

"Xiao Nai, a lot has happened to you recently," he said.

His voice was no longer as soft as usual, but instead had a serious tone.

Hayana Kotori said to him, "I need you to go home. With your ability, you will definitely be able to find his whereabouts. Please help me."

Edogawa Ranpo asked, "Did your mother call you?"

She nodded: "Time waits for no one, if you go a step too late..."

"It's too late." said the famous detective, who took off his glasses and squinted again.

Seeing the girl's face suddenly darken, he gave the answer: "Since he can make his mother call you, it proves that he is not afraid of you going back to look for him."

"Little Nabi, I understand him better and can think of this. This time, he lost his composure because of his concern."

Kotori Hayana calmed down and realized, "Did you guess the reason why he left?"

He just put on the glasses and activated his special ability, so he could see through what happened to her, know who left, and guess the reason why he left?

"I don't know who that guy is, though." Edogawa Ranpo thought for a moment, then slumped down in his chair without any dignity. He turned around and said, inexplicably disliking him, "From the intelligence I've seen, I infer that he's a very difficult person to deal with."

It's really difficult.

He actually went this far for Hayana.

Kotori Hayato grabbed Edogawa Ranpo's chair and asked him, "What do you mean?"

Edogawa Ranpo: “…”

Edogawa Ranpo: "Xiao Na, you are really stupid."

Such a clear and obvious feeling was right in front of her, but she didn't even notice or find the reason from it.

That person really understood her well.

"What? Explain it more clearly." She hated such half-understood words.

Dazai had left her half-understood, and now Ranpo was doing this again.

"I can't explain it clearly." Edogawa Ranpo said directly, "This kind of thing requires Xiaona to find the answer herself."

If the truth is told now, it will be Xiaonai who will suffer, feel guilty and live in regret for a long time.

There is no way to communicate with this group of people with high IQ.

Hayana Takanashi took the most direct and effective approach. She pulled Ranpo Edogawa up from the chair and ran downstairs quickly.

"! What are you doing! Let the detective go!!"

The entire Armed Detective Agency was in an uproar at the famous detective's surprised voice.

Our own detective was robbed! In broad daylight!

This is simply unbearable!

As the most respected detective, the strongest and only detective in the Armed Detective Agency, Edogawa Ranpo is regarded as a treasure like a social doctor!

A group of civilian staff followed behind and said, "Keep Mr. Ranpo" and "Don't force Mr. Ranpo" to rescue Edogawa Ranpo. Hayato Kotori was very upset.

"How could I force you?"

"That's called forcing. Ranpo-sama doesn't want to go!"

"Mom will be mad if you don't go."

"Hold me."

“…”

"What did you say?"

"Hold me! We can run faster this way!"

Picking up the famous detective! Choosing to quickly run up the stairs, Hayana Kotori leaped from the top step to the bottom, and in a few breaths, she had distanced herself from the group behind her.

Rushing out of the building where the Armed Detective Agency was located, the black-haired girl ran towards the car parked on the side of the road, carrying the young man with a puffed face and who was obviously angry!

Stuffed Edogawa Ranpo into the back seat of the car.

Hayana Kotori said to Gin who was driving in front, "Gin, let's go!"

"Yes, Miss Takanashi." He stepped on the accelerator and left at lightning speed.

While driving, Yin admired in his mind——

As expected of Miss Takanashi, she actually snatched the detective away!

Poking the puffy face of the guy sitting in the back seat, Hayato Yamaguchi smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Ranpo, I'll treat you to desserts for a month."

The famous detective's chubby face disappeared and he said nothing in a tsundere way.

Seeing through everything, Edogawa Ranpo still chose not to tell Kotori's mother and grandfather the truth after returning home.

It just means that the other party arranged everything before leaving and all clues were destroyed.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

Although he could guess what organization that person was working with, he really didn't find any clues about where he left and went.

A man whose thoughts were so meticulous that he couldn't see through him.

The voices of Edogawa Ranpo, his mother, and his grandfather talking downstairs stopped. Standing in the guest room on the second floor where Dazai Osamu once stayed, Hayana Takanashi leaned against the door, her face expressionless, and no one knew what she was thinking.

I think a lot.

Most of it is useless stuff.

Now she just wanted to know what Dazai Osamu wanted to do.

If no one tells her, won't she be unable to understand Dazai's behavior?

…

Two months later.

When Hayana Takanashi received a call from her mother saying that Tetsuji Suehiro was coming to her house for dinner, she was stunned for a moment.

If her mother hadn't called, she would have forgotten about this person.

This time, the Kotori family had very strict rules for entertaining guests. Not only Kotori's mother and grandfather, who were at home all year round, but even Edogawa Ranpo, who worked away from home for a week and didn't go home, would be present.

All staff are entertained and the dishes are plentiful.

I have to say that it is taken very seriously.

"Chuya! Help!" He rushed into Chuya Nakahara's office!

Seeing the ochre-haired boy's puzzled expression, Hayana Kotori grabbed his shoulders, her face pale. "Remember the man I met after that 'melee' night? He's coming to my house for dinner! Mom wants the whole family to attend... What should I do?! I didn't get any news before this!"

"I feel like my death is approaching! Is he going to propose to me during dinner?!"

As her brain was about to be shaken apart, Nakahara Chuuya grabbed the girl's hand and comforted her: "Calm down, things are not that bad."

Hayana Takanashi: "Everyone went to my house, it's like meeting my parents."

Nakahara Chuuya: "Find his trace and kidnap him."

They acted immediately and handed the matter over to the kidnapping experts.

Hayana Takanashi is preparing to go home. To be thorough, she has also prepared a backup plan, hiding in the dark, and seeing that the situation is not good, she rushes in to disrupt the situation with Chuuya Nakahara.

"Thank you for your hard work." She handed over a basket of fresh strawberries to Nakahara Chuuya, who was squatting on the apple tree in the yard. "Eat something to kill time when you're bored."

Taking the basket, Nakahara Chuuya's cobalt blue eyes were filled with seriousness: "Don't worry, I won't let you fall into danger."

This is a war.

The winners in the end will be him and Hayana.

Back in the house, Xiao Niaoyou's mother was frying fish.

She went to help but was pushed out instead. The reason given was that as long as Hayana was beautiful and happy today.

Hayana Takanashi: "..."

Edogawa Ranpo was sitting on the sofa, eating a bag of potato chips, and he didn't look worried at all.

"Aren't you worried about me?" she asked.

"Not at all," he replied.

Furious, the girl grabbed the potato chips and poured them all into her mouth.

Soon, the doorbell rang.

Opening the door, seeing the trio standing outside, Hayana Takanashi was silent for a moment: "Ginpachi... Sensei, Kagura and Shinpachi? Why are you here?"

Seeing that there was no one around Hayana Kotori, Ginpachi whispered in her ear mysteriously: "Teacher, I'm here to help Hayana-san."

"Yeah." Kagura and Shinpachi nodded seriously.

"Help me?" Hayana Kotori asked in confusion, "How did you know?"

Ginpachi took out his cell phone to show her. It turned out that it was Kotori's mother who posted on WeChat Moments, explicitly and implicitly expressing her joy that there might be a proposal in the family.

"As the only strawberry milk production site designated by the teacher, it must be passed on to Hayana-san in the future. I, the teacher, will never allow a stepfather to compete with you for the inheritance!" Ginpachi spoke righteously, and his usually sleepy eyes became serious.

"As for the reward, all I need is free strawberry milk for life."

Kagura said cutely, "As for me, I'll buy all the vinegared kelp, rice, and seaweed for the rest of my life."

"Why don't you just ask Hayana-san to provide for your meals for the rest of your life?" Shimura Shinpachi complained, not forgetting to make his own request: "As for me, I want..."

"puff----"

Shimura Shinpachi was knocked back by the black-haired girl's punch, and fell to the ground with his arms and legs spread out. He instantly recovered his health and covered his face in disbelief: "Why did you hit me alone?! I just want a lifetime of Haagen-Dazs. No matter how you look at it, it will satisfy me better than those two guys, right?!"

"You're even worse than them, Glasses." Realizing that they had misunderstood and were trying to take advantage of her, Hayato Kotori flexed her fists and looked at the two who were blinking their eyes expectantly at her, not even reacting when their companion was hit.

"You unethical teacher, you want to drain my flower bud dry, right? And you, Kagura, your appetite is practically robbery. Do you want to bankrupt my family?"

"Besides, I won't get involved in a fight over who will inherit the estate."

It will only lead to a marriage crisis.

But...muddying the waters doesn't seem like a bad idea, does it?

"Wait a moment." Grabbing Ginpachi's sleeve as he left, Hayato Hayato came up with a brilliant idea as he looked at him: "I'll take care of you for a month at most."

“Deal!”×3.

The three of them high-fived and agreed readily.

"Mom, the teacher and some classmates are here for a home visit!" She invited them home.

Looking at the three people sitting on the sofa eating their snacks and tea, Edogawa Ranpo stopped the passing Takanashi Hayana and said, "It's a very simple meal, but you've made it complicated."

"It's easier to fish in muddy waters." Hayana Takanashi smiled happily.

If Tetsuji Suehiro was successfully kidnapped, no one would eat all the dishes his mother cooked, and they would just save her from the trouble of having to eat leftovers.

A group of people, each with their own thoughts.

Wait until Tetsuji Suehiro easily resolves the kidnapping crisis and arrives at Kotori's house.

Bringing gifts to the door, he met the eyes of the three people who looked at him with hostility.

The trio's brain channel:

Shimura Shinpachi whispered: [Hey, Gin, you don't have any advantage over the fresh meat.]

Kagura echoed: "He's dressed richer than Gin, and he even brought a gift."

Ginpachi: [Oops! I forgot to bring my gift when I came here! ! !]

The three people who came empty-handed: "..."

A strong enemy! A strong enemy that comes prepared!

Out of a soldier's keen intuition, Suehiro Tetsuji looked at the trio, and the two groups looked at each other, their eyes crackling!

The trio thought his calmness and indifference was a provocation.

The young man's face was filled with sinister cunningness: "Do you think you can shake my plan? Everything in the Kotori House will be mine in the future, haha ​​...

Suehiro Tetsuji nodded politely to the guests who were not in any danger.

At this time, Hayana Takanashi discovered something was wrong.

When she looked through the gifts rudely, she found that among so many gifts, most of them were either from her mother or her grandfather. As for her and Ranpo, one box each?

The hand holding the gift box tightened, and the look she gave Suehiro Tetsuji changed.

This guy actually wants to put pressure on her by building good relationships with the elders in the family?

What a sinister and vicious plan!

Fortunately, she had a backup plan.

[Next move] At this moment, he was squatting on the apple tree, his cobalt blue eyes fixed on the development of the living room through the window.

He heard a noise beside him, and saw the light chestnut-haired boy nimbly jump to his side and squat on a thick branch. He reached out and took a strawberry from his basket, putting it in his mouth to chew.

The rude look made Nakahara Chuuya angry: "Who are you?"

This was picked specially for him by Hayana!

"Me?" Pointing at himself, Okita Sougo blinked. "I'm Hayana's neighbor. I saw her mother's WeChat Moments post and came to join in the fun."

Not wanting to make any noise, Nakahara Chuuya said directly: "Don't make any noise."

"Yeah." The boy stretched out his hand like a zipper and covered his mouth.

Looking at the hands that kept reaching out, the red things in the basket disappeared one by one.

Chuuya Nakahara quickened his pace in eating strawberries.

In the end, it turned into a battle between two people's afterimages eating strawberries!

Inside the house, the one-sided confrontation finally made it to the dinner stage.

Eight people sat on both sides of the large dining table that was just moved out of the warehouse, each with a different expression.

Kotori's mother spoke first: "Ginpachi-sensei, Kagura and Shinpachi, welcome to our home and witness this moment worth celebrating. And Tetsugu, I'm so happy that you can come and make such an important decision. Your sense of responsibility has moved me to tears..."

Wiping away her tears of emotion, she continued, as everyone looked stunned, "Today's dishes are all the same color. Let's have a toast!"

"cheers--"

They were passively slacking off, and Takanashi Hayana, Ginpachi, Kagura, and Shimura Shinpachi stretched out their voices, showing their obvious reluctance.

Oh no, in this situation, someone really needs to act as a pioneer and launch the attack first!

Receiving Ginpachi's eye signal, Shimura Shinpachi looked at Kotori's mother and said worriedly, "Aunt Kotori, this kind of thing needs to be considered carefully. If you're not careful, it will drag the whole family into trouble."

Kagura echoed, "In today's society, there are many people who meet the wrong man and have him run away with their money, leaving their entire family out of the house and starving."

What a powerful fighting power!

Hayana Takanashi and Ginpachi clink glasses: Great!

"I hand over my salary every month." Suehiro said honestly.

"Yes~" Kotori's mother confirmed with a smile: "It has been two months."

"Yes, I have already transferred the third month's payment."

"Today? I'm so sorry, I've been busy all day and haven't had time to check my phone."

“…”×4.

So strong! Simply... invincible!

Seeing the students' encouraging gazes, Ginpachi raised his hand tremblingly: "Um... Gin, I can also hand over my salary~"

Kagura and Shinpachi were frightened!

[Ah Yin, are you ready to go all out?!]

[There's nothing we can do about it now! Everything is for strawberry milk!]

Kotori's mother was puzzled: "Eh? Ginpachi-sensei wants to do this too... It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate! The age is not right! Absolutely not!"

The hand holding the fork trembled, and Yin Baqiang Yan smiled happily: "I'm not that old, am I?"

Could it be that Ms. Xiao Niaoyou's XP is from a young man?!

In that case, let’s have a head-on duel!!!

"Ms. Kotori, not only do I hand over my salary, I'm also very good at housework and the food I cook is delicious. My sense of responsibility is a hundred times greater than that of today's young people!"

Kotori's mother covered her mouth in surprise!

Grandpa Xiao Niaoyou's smiling eyes widened.

Hayana Takanashi was so shocked that her eyes widened.

I didn't expect that Mr. Ginpachi could be so tough.

This wave - sniping at the middle gate!

Unexpectedly, Kotori's mother exploded and punished Ginpachi. Looking at the white-haired young man lying on the ground with a huge bump on his head still smoking, she was furious: "I told you it's impossible! As a teacher, even if we were teacher and student before, you actually want to pursue my daughter now! Do you want to die?!!!"

Suehiro Tetsuji suddenly said to Kotori's mother, "He seems to be my suitor."

Suddenly the room was silent.

Sudden--

"Mom?!" Kagura, Shimura Shinpachi and Ginpachi who was resurrected on the spot slammed the table and stood up.

"Who allowed you to call me mom?!" Hayana Kotori slammed the table and stood up.

From the tree, I saw the scene of the battle about to break out in the house.

Grabbing Nakahara Chuuya who was about to get down from the tree, Okita Sougo said in a calm tone: "It's you, Hayabusa Nara, who came to the rescue, right? Sorry for the trip, leave the rest to me."

"What do you mean by leave it to you?" Nakahara Chuuya narrowed his eyes.

Okita Sougo: "Saana and I are childhood friends. We go to the same school, the same class, and have the same teacher. We even go to the same bathroom together. We're so close, so you better step aside."

Nakahara Chuuya countered: "Huh? You're talking about a good relationship? Why didn't she ask you for help?"

"Don't worry, she and I are close friends. We even know each other's gate passwords. If we're just classmates, the best thing to do now is to withdraw and not disturb her plans."

He realized at this moment that this guy was not here to watch the fun, but to take advantage of the situation and steal his place.

The two men had a disagreement and started fighting, which was small but loud enough to make the whole place dark.

Inside the house, being attacked by a group of people, Suehiro Tetsuji faced the black-haired girl: "Mom and Grandpa have agreed."

"I didn't agree." Hayana Takanashi said with a cold face.

The young man was puzzled: "You have already agreed."

"When we first met."

"..." Hayana Takanashi was so angry that she almost laughed.

Suehiro Tetsuji asked, "Why do you want to go back on your word? Did I do something wrong that you don't want to acknowledge my brother's identity?"

"Nowhere..." The extremely loud volume suddenly stopped. Kotori Hayana looked at Suehiro Tetsuji, then at her shocked mother and grandfather, as well as Edogawa Ranpo, who had seen through everything and was fighting against the crab.

"Hello, brother. I love you the most as my brother."

"Brother?!" Kotori's mother slammed the table and stood up.

At this moment, the door was pushed open with great force!

The two people squeezed at the door, neither of them giving way to the other.

"Saana! I'm here to save you!" ×2.