Number One Dad
Kunikida's older brother is actually a math teacher.
Xiao Luo took a deep breath with a serious expression, forcefully raised Edogawa Ranpo's arm to ensure that even if she stood on tiptoe, she couldn't see the math invitation.
The little girl straightened her clothes, pretending not to know anything, and said obediently, "Dad, it's getting late, Xiao Luo should go home, otherwise her brother will worry. I'll look for him tomorrow... By the way, will Kunikida be home tomorrow? Xiao Luo the day after tomorrow..."
After a moment of silence, the little girl finally revealed her true colors, "When Kunikida-nii-san is gone, Daddy will play with Xiaoluo again."
Edogawa Ranpo: ...
Yosano Akiko looked at the bright sunshine outside and fell silent at the child who was blatantly lying.
It's clear that children will say anything to avoid studying.
The little girl waved goodbye naturally, "Daddy, I'm going out to play with Sister Jinghua and the others... Say goodbye, and go play your games by yourself, okay?"
Edogawa Ranpo watched as the child pushed open the door, ready to escape from school, and smiled smugly. He put his hands on his hips and called out, "Little girl!"
After the child opened the door, he slowly said, "Kunikida and the others are back."
"Bang!" The door slammed shut immediately.
Xiao Luo's expression turned terrified for a moment, instantly killing her original plan to spend another half a day at the detective agency.
She swiftly pulled out the small key from around her neck, gripped it tightly with lightning speed, and turned the doorknob.
Is something missing? Holding the key to her chest in one hand, she turned the doorknob with the other. The little girl pondered for a moment, then dismissed the question. Her brother seemed to have taught her this way, so Xiao Luo wouldn't have any problems.
Completely unaware that something was wrong, Xiao Luo opened the door and saw the lively scene outside, along with Kunikida Doppo following the president.
Kid: QAQ! Please help!
"Zero Zero, help! Little Luo can't get back to her space!"
Kunikida Doppo hesitated, glancing at the infirmary. Had the door opened just now? He thought he saw two tears in the little girl's eyes. Had the child been crying? At this thought, Kunikida Doppo's spirits lifted.
Could it be, as he guessed, that the child was frightened by the bloody torture instruments in Yosano Akiko's infirmary?
A gentle knock came at the door, and Kunikida Doppo's worried voice came from outside.
"Xiao Luo? Are you inside?"
Xiao Luo: ……
"Dad, I can't go home." Xiao Luo looked miserable and threw herself onto Edogawa Ranpo's lap. Her voice trembled and choked with sobs as she said sadly, "Dad, what should we do? The evil math demon is about to come."
Not being able to go home is secondary; the most important thing is that Kunikida Doppo is about to teach her math.
Edogawa Ranpo watched the little girl's dummy-like actions as she went home and fell into deep thought.
"So that's how you get back?"
He watched as the little boy rubbed his head against him haphazardly, completely baffled.
Xiao Luo clearly knows how to use a key to open other doors, and she also knows that she needs a key to go home.
But why don't they know how to insert the key?
For the first time, Edogawa Ranpo began to doubt his own brilliant mind. Should he try using his supernatural ability?
But using glasses to understand a child's thought process is too much trouble.
Edogawa Ranpo ruffled the little girl's messy hair and patted it: "What an amazing little head. Even Ranpo-sama couldn't have guessed where she would lose."
Has she already assumed she'll fail? Yosano Akiko silently complained.
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"Hmm?" Edogawa Ranpo narrowed his eyes, pulled the crying child off from under him, and turned him around by hand. "See for yourself."
"Oh," the child nodded honestly.
Yosano Akiko stared at the obedient child staring blankly into the air, lost in thought.
Is there something there that we can't see?
"Yes, it was a special care tool left for her by her brother... a tool for minors."
Yosano: "..." Were you just trying to say I was mentally challenged?
Edogawa Ranpo puffed out his cheeks and retorted, "Well, that's what it was originally for, it just got a different name."
Little Luo looked at the little figure with a big bow in its hair in the guidebook, and in the next picture, the little figure was holding a pink magic key. Then it stuck it in the door, the wall, the stone…
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Got it, Xiao Luo is so smart, she figured it out at a glance.
There were two more knocks at the door, and Kunikida Doppo's voice carried a hint of doubt, "Yoshano?"
The little girl was startled, and without hesitation, she took out her key and inserted it into the door.
"Dad, see you later."
A vortex quickly appeared on the door, pulling the child away. Yosano Akiko looked at Edogawa Ranpo in surprise, "What's going on?"
Edogawa Ranpo squinted, pulled out the candy he'd hidden after seeing the child, and took a big bite. He mumbled, "It's alright, now that we're home, we can make our best friend real."
"Hi! System brother!"
The children in the room jumped onto her pink and tender bed, happily got up, and began to excitedly tell her about their great adventures that day.
"I found my dad all by myself, even though there were a lot of cake monsters and snack monsters in the way, but I wasn't defeated."
"In the end, I also defeated the evil math demon king... although I ended up handing my dad over to the demon king."
The child muttered something quickly at the end. The system didn't hear him clearly and asked in confusion, "What?"
The little girl blinked, pulled out the auxiliary subsystem from behind her, and said sweetly, "System brother, look, this is Lingling. We've become good friends now."
System 0345 Unbelievable, zero zero? What a nice and expectant name, it looks like it's about to break through all the numbers and become the leader, look at the words stacked together, so affectionate.
The name is easy to pronounce and has a profound meaning.
The clear, crisp sound, like jade falling onto a plate, profoundly expresses the author's vibrant hope for its rebirth and boundless growth, much like a river of spring water flowing eastward.
Just like the weather turning bad.
It's unbelievable that this mere auxiliary tool has a name, while it, 0345, has followed its host brother for so many years, yet it hasn't even managed to get one.
The system choked up; it was about to cause trouble.
The system, which was almost whimpering, met the innocent and naive eyes of its host.
The system finally snapped out of its jealousy and suddenly remembered what its host had said next.
Xiao Luo and the auxiliary subsystem became...good friends?
System 0345 silently entered the subsystem and looked around. That's right, this is an intelligent... minor assistance tool that can't even speak and is unlikely to have any consciousness.
The system's brain entered a state of sublimation. (Brain empty.ipg)
[...Host.] The system seemed to want to say something but then stopped, and hesitated to speak.
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