13 Chapter 13
◎It is shameful to recite the character's lines on the street——◎
Chapter 13 [It is shameful to read the character's lines on the street——]
Although the people who came out were to protect my wife Sayuri, my wife Sayuri wanted to laugh when she saw the kid looking like the world would end if they continued talking.
He reached out and pushed down the sticky hair on the little boy's head, thanking him for his kindness. At the same time, he also smoothed the hair of the little girl who was facing red with anger and lowered her mouth corners.
"Thank you for your help. Actually..." Agatsuma Sayuri squatted down, putting her eyes on the same level as the two middle school students. She looked at the group that had first excluded her, then covered her mouth and whispered to the two children, "People with malicious intentions will also look at others with malicious intent. See, just by talking like this, they can't sit still."
As soon as the voice fell, a few thorns jumped out from among the people who were originally just whispering, as if to confirm what my wife Sayuri said, pointing at the three people and shouting: "It's obvious that you are also talking bad about others."
My wife Sayuri stood up, leisurely patted the hem of her skirt that was dragging on the ground, and smiled at the two children beside her, half proud and half showing off.
"See, it's just like I said."
The middle school student, who had been indignant just now, laughed and ignored the person yelling at him. The three of them had no intention of joining in the conversation, so they just left the villain on the side of the road and walked away.
The boy put his hands behind his head and asked as he walked: "This is the first time I see you, sister. Are you here for tourism?"
"No." Agatsuma Sayuri could no longer suppress the curve of her lips and smiled, "I came to see you, Kudo Shinichi."
Kudo Shinichi immediately lowered his hand and looked at the unfamiliar sister in surprise, "Hey? Miss, do you know me? Are you a friend of my parents?"
Mao Lilan was also surprised. If she knew someone in her neighborhood who knew Kudo Shinichi, she would usually know him too. Although Tokyo is a big city, the student community is very small.
Agatsuma Sayuri shook her head. "I only know you and your little... friend."
I wanted to say "girlfriend", but Kudo Shinichi confessed his love to her when they were 17 years old. Now it will take a lot of time and events for this relationship to mature and bear fruit.
However, the two children still showed vigilance after hearing what my wife Sayuri said.
"Then, how did the young lady know us?"
My wife Sayuri puffed out her chest, and the bow on her chest reflected the sunlight in a dazzling manner due to the change in position.
"Of course I know them, Detective Kudo Shinichi, and Karate master Mori Ran."
As soon as the words came out, no matter how defensive the two of them were just now, they now blushed and lowered their heads.
One of them rubbed the back of his head and said, "I haven't solved any cases on my own yet. How do you know I'm a detective?"
Another one was even more embarrassed. He gripped the handle of his schoolbag tightly and lifted the bag to his chest, "I only won two games..."
At this time, although Kudo Shinichi had long been fond of detective novels and had been nurtured by the family atmosphere, he had not yet developed the desire to become a detective. No, it should be said that he was still in the stage of wanting but not being able to do so.
After all, being a detective is a profession that requires accumulated experience and rich knowledge. It is too difficult for a child who is still in the stage of accumulating knowledge to become a detective.
Mao Lilan has been studying karate for quite some time. She mentioned winning two matches recently, and she probably meant the 14-year-old category. Because children develop quickly, competitions nearing puberty are divided into very specific age groups. Typically, there's one category for those under 12, another for those 13 to 14, another for those 15 to 16, and two more for those 17, 18, and over. If the divisions are even more detailed, there's also a 21-year-old category for those over 18. ①
Mao Lilan started learning karate when she was about to graduate from elementary school. She was able to win two consecutive games in the competition just after entering the 14-year-old age group. In addition to being talented, it also shows that she is really hardworking in practice.
Kudo Shinichi aside, Ran Mouri seemed to be treating Agatsuma Sayuri like a spectator of a karate match, and she couldn't help but feel a little happy. Children can't hide their feelings, and this joy showed on her face, as if she had a natural fondness for fans besides her friends and family.
My wife Sayuri was also amused and joked with Mao Lilan, "Miss, the future karate champion, am I now your number one fan besides my parents and friends?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Mao Lilan's face turned red. She hid half of her face behind her schoolbag and nodded shyly.
"Hehehe, don't worry, I will be a fan of your career in the future." Regardless of what kind of career Mouri Ran will pursue, her karate skills alone are enough to capture the heart of my wife Sayuri.
Kudo Shinichi snorted, clasping his hands behind his head again. He still seemed to be suspicious of my wife, Sayuri, but they had only just met for a short time, and his good friend Mori Ran had developed feelings for her, so he couldn't just send her away anytime soon.
More importantly, having just been called a "detective", he also wanted to try to use his abilities to determine whether a person was a good person or a bad person.
"Come to think of it, Miss, you know our names, but we don't know your name yet." Mao Lilan has turned on the social mode and took the initiative to ask the stranger.
Agatsuma Sayuri didn't want to hide it, and directly said the name "Agatsuma Sayuri", and even used her fingers to gesture in the air to write the Chinese characters in the name.
"Huh? Is 'Sayuri' also a Chinese character?" Compared to the surname "Azuma", which is not very common but has been seen, "Sayuri" is mostly expressed in hiragana, which made Maori Ran say in surprise after noticing the complicated Chinese character writing.
In fact, it's not just the use of kanji. The writing of "絵" ("ya") in Agatsuma Sayuribi is also wrong. It's only because the pronunciation and the shape of the character roughly correspond, and many kanji strokes are simplified in calligraphy, that Mao Lilan can barely recognize it.
Although she thought that Agatsuma Sayuri knew how to write her own name, Mori Ran still reciprocated by demonstrating how to write her own name, and also helped the uncooperative Kudo Shinichi write it.
The two girls, one big and one small, were chatting enthusiastically. They talked about their grades and classes naturally, shared their phone numbers with each other, and agreed that the next time Ran Mouri competed, my wife Sayuri must go to watch and cheer her on.
Shinichi Kudo was anxious when he saw this, but after a closer look, he felt that Ran Mouri didn't seem to reveal much information about her family, so he had no choice but to keep kicking the football while moving forward.
It's no wonder Kudo Shinichi was surprised. It's not surprising that he enjoys detective novels; his father, Yusaku Kudo, is a world-renowned detective novelist. It's not surprising that anyone, exposed to detective fiction daily, would develop a liking for and aspire to the profession of detective.
But Kudo Shinichi had only told a few people that he wanted to be a detective, and never discussed it publicly. Even now, it would be more reasonable to say that he liked football rather than that he wanted to be a detective.
He had been carrying a football with him all the way out of school, and without mentioning the typical characteristic of "football", she just called him a "detective". It sounded quite pleasant, but how did this strange woman know his private information?
Have you investigated him? Is he a crazy fan of dad or mom?
Look at my wife Sayuri's outrageous outfit. She looks like a character from a manga, definitely not from my dad's novel. Could she be a character from one of my mom's old TV shows or movies?
If that were the case, Kudo Shinichi would be completely helpless. After all, Kudo Yukiko didn't press her son down on the sofa and force him to watch all of her works.
Kudo Shinichi picked and chose some plots that he liked, and was too lazy to take a second look at the other plots that were illogical.
If his mother knew that he couldn't recognize the characters in her works, being forced to read all of Fujimine Yukiko's works would become Shinichi Kudo's inevitable fate.
[Let me ask first...]
Kudo Shinichi swallowed his saliva and carefully interrupted their conversation: "My wife's sister, are you dressing up like some character?"
"Huh? Shinichi, you knew?"
Agatsuma Sayuri subconsciously called Kudo Shinichi "Shinichi" and didn't find anything wrong with it.
She grabbed the hem of her skirt and spun around, causing the layers of it to bloom like petals.
"This is what the heroine from my comic book 'Magical Girl Princess' looks like after she transforms. Doesn't she look good?"
As Ran Maori exclaimed in the background, Kudo Shinichi silently complained in his mind: "It turned out to be a character from a comic book. I was shocked. Fortunately, it's not my mother's work."
Compared to Kudo Shinichi, who showed his triangular eyes and complained madly in his heart, Mao Li Ran was given enough emotional value.
"My wife's sister is a cartoonist? That's amazing! The main character's outfit is beautiful too! So cute, and Pika Pika is so pretty."
My wife Sayuri lost herself in the children's praise, laughing uncontrollably. She held her face in her hands, feeling the heat on her face even greater than when Koyasu Ryo confessed his love to her.
"It's not that great..."
Since Ran Mouri liked it so much, my wife Sayuri took out a plush doll from her small handbag.
Electronic payment is not popular in Japan nowadays, and even credit cards are rarely used. Most stores require cash. In addition to money, cosmetics, mobile phones, tissues, and keys, the few remaining spaces in her handbag are given to these pendants and toy peripheral products.
Due to the above reasons, the doll, which actually occupies a large area, is squeezed in the bag's space.
At this time, take the doll out of the handbag, the pressure from the outside is reduced, and the material produces elasticity in order to restore its original shape, and the other doll in the bag is taken out at the same time.
"Ah!" My wife Sayuri was holding a bag in one hand and a doll in the other. Although she subconsciously tried to catch the one that fell, she obviously failed.
Mao Lilan also helped to catch it. She was on one side of the handbag and the doll fell from the other side. Her little hand was just a little bit short of reaching it.
The doll bounced on the ground, rolled a few times, and finally landed next to Kudo Shinichi's football.
The boy bent down and picked up the doll, subconsciously taking a look at its condition. This is a starfish-shaped doll. When you say "doll" in Japanese, the first two pronunciations are "Nunu", so many women use "Nunu" as their nickname.
Blue eyes with upturned corners, a gentle and shy smile, and an ordinary blue sweatshirt. Except for a strange vertical line around Nunu's face, it's no different from other dolls of the same type.
Kudo Shinichi couldn't tell what character the doll was or if it was an original creation by the manufacturer. He just wanted to check the doll's condition. In fact, after checking it, he wouldn't clean it even if it was dirty, and he certainly wouldn't mend it if it was torn. It was just a subconscious action in human life.
Agatsuma Sayuri thanked Kudo Shinichi, took the doll with great care, and carefully dusted it off. Unfortunately, fabric products are prone to stains, and some dark marks remained on the doll's face.
She handed the target she originally wanted to take out to Mao Lilan, "This doll is for you. It is the character I dressed up as. Magical girl princess, transform--"
She whispered the character's lines and handed the clean and beautiful doll to Mao Lilan, while she herself held the dirty one in her arms.
Kudo Shinichi naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity to get to know Agatsuma Sayuri. He came forward and, imitating the way Mori Ran addressed her, asked, "Aizuma Sister, what role does this doll play? Is it from one of your works?"
【Author’s words】
① This setting is made up by the author. It combines the setting of sports competitions and karate competitions.
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