Number One Dad
A large hand, still covered in snack crumbs, grabbed the back of the child's collar. Edogawa Ranpo lazily grabbed the child's hands and forcefully dragged him back. "Weren't you here to see Ranpo-sama? Don't disturb the president and the others while they're doing their business."
"But the Mafia! The Mafia that appears on TV! Daddy, have you ever seen them? Aren't you curious?" Little Luo was still a little unwilling and tried to persuade him, "Shall we go see them together?"
"Oh no!" Edogawa Ranpo dragged the child to his desk, thought for a moment, and then took out his special little chair.
"Sit still!"
The child was carried up, and Edogawa Ranpo returned to his office chair, panting, waving his deerstalker hat irritably. "What's so interesting about those face-saving and vengeful mafia members?"
"Dad, have you seen them before? What do they look like?"
They were stopped, and even Edogawa Ranpo didn't go. They came for the other person, but ended up completely forgetting about them halfway through.
Xiao Luo covered her head guiltily, her little feet wobbling as she shrank to the edge of the chair. The child cautiously asked, trying to satisfy her curiosity in another way.
"Impossible! Lord Ranpo is very busy. There's absolutely no way he'd tell you a story!" Edogawa Ranpo said firmly.
Seeing that the other person hadn't noticed her minor lapse in attention, Xiao Luo perked up again. She happily jumped off the chair and pushed it next to Edogawa Ranpo.
The child huddled around Edogawa Ranpo, climbing back onto the chair. His eyes sparkled as he knelt on it, mimicking Ranpo's posture by lying on the table. "Daddy!"
"I already told you I wouldn't tell you," Edogawa Ranpo said, drawing out his words in an annoyed tone.
"Dad, do the mafia really wear all black? Do they steal candy from kids?" Completely ignoring Edogawa Ranpo's words, the child excitedly leaned close to Ranpo. "My brother, Dad, and great-grandfather are secretly meeting with the mafia! Are they planning to steal candy from the mafia to give to little Lori?"
The child's ideas were wildly imaginative, and his words were sometimes convoluted, but Edogawa Ranpo understood them completely.
Damn it! Lord Ranpo knew that after hearing what she said, he couldn't possibly not tell her.
"Idiot, you can't ignore what others say!" Edogawa Ranpo sat up straight angrily, puffing out his cheeks. "Of course the president and the others have important business to attend to. It's not what you think. Delete all your ideas from your head, they're all wrong!"
"Huh?" The little girl's eyes widened in disbelief. "How did Daddy know what I was thinking? Xiao Luo hasn't even told me yet. Do you really know? Are you really sure you know?"
"I'm a famous detective, don't underestimate the world's number one detective!" Edogawa Ranpo leaned close to Koro with a serious expression and said solemnly, "The president and the others won't bring you a mafia as a souvenir, nor will they turn into Superman to defeat the mafia and go on TV! They certainly won't do any evil deals with the mafia!"
"All right!" Xiao Luo plopped back into her chair, clutching her chest sadly. "What's the point of that secret meeting? It wasn't fun at all!"
"I've already told you you're a little silly! This is an adult meeting, kids don't need to care about these things! It's too chaotic outside right now, so adults can't take you out to play."
"But later, I can reluctantly bring you along when I buy snacks." Edogawa Ranpo reopened a bag of snacks, casually flipping through a document as he spoke.
After mourning her lost dream of fighting the Mafia, Xiao Luo began to look around listlessly. She hadn't come at a good time; the detective agency was extremely busy, and most of the key members had just left with the president.
Watching the members hurrying by, the idle child finally remembered that she still had a task to complete.
Half a day had passed since she last opened it. Under the blazing midday sun, the little girl finally opened the auxiliary subsystem with a guilty conscience, calling out in her mind, "Lingling?"
"Host, I'm here." The mechanical voice of the tablet sounded in my mind.
Xiao Luo looked at the semi-transparent screen that appeared in front of her and asked softly, "Lingling, have I completed my mission?"
She's found the perfect dad; now she can go have some fun, right?
[Data extraction in progress... Extraction complete.]
[Updated information: Today's father's name is Edogawa Ranpo.]
"Host has arrived at Dad's side. Please complete the mission as soon as possible." Zero Zero quickly collected the data and reminded him.
What? Xiao Luo was shocked; she hadn't completed the task.
Edogawa Ranpo could clearly hear the commotion the child made. She suddenly looked up, glanced incredulously at the famous detective sitting at his desk, then turned back in disbelief to look at the screen again.
Why (┳◇┳)?
Edogawa Ranpo silently lowered the brim of his hat. Lord Ranpo knew nothing, nothing at all.
Why didn't I complete the task? Xiao Luo scratched her head, completely baffled.
She saw her father too.
She has already addressed him by his name.
As she pondered, the screen, devoid of any host commands, gradually disappeared.
The little girl finally realized what was going on; she understood!
It seems that calling him "Dad" alone is useless, just like how she and Edogawa Ranpo originally had no relationship, but became connected because of "Dad".
so……
The little girl timidly approached Edogawa Ranpo and hesitantly began, "Daddy." Edogawa Ranpo realized something was wrong and was about to stop her, but it was too late; the little girl had already uttered the next sentence.
"Can Dad call me Dad?"
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