I, Kudo Shinichi, the rice flower death god

Early Saturday morning, standing downstairs in the detective agency, Shinichi yawned lazily.

Last night, he had been busy all night, completing thirteen soul burials, and running back and forth in Rice Flower City almost all night, which made him feel a little strange.

Has the murder rate of rice flower become higher recently? Obviously, in the past, I would only deal with a few dead souls at most in one night.

Thinking of what the system had said before, Shinichi suddenly felt that he might become very busy in the future.

Fortunately, because he was troublesome, he limited the scope of his soul burial to the area around Rice Flower City from the beginning, and he wouldn't care about other things unless he happened to be out of the house and encountered it.

Otherwise, it is estimated that there will not even be time to watch Xiaolan's game today.

"Shinichi, I've kept you waiting. "

Xiao Lan, who was wearing the uniform of Didan High School, walked down the stairs and stood in front of Shinichi prettyly.

As always, the two agreed to go to school together today.

"Where's your dad?".

Looking at the girl who went downstairs alone, Shinichi asked curiously.

Today is the day when Xiaolan participates in the National High School Karate Kanto Competition, and that uncle of waste wood can't even remember this, right?

"Don't worry, Dad, he just hasn't woken up yet, and he'll take a taxi to the Tokyo Gymnasium by himself in a while. "

As if seeing Shinichi's suspicions, Xiaolan hurriedly said.

The Tokyo Gymnasium is the venue for the National High School Karate Kanto Tournament.

Teidan High School attaches great importance to this event, and classes were supposed to be held on Saturday, but in order to make it easier for students to cheer for the karate club contestants, they took a day off.

Parents of the students are also encouraged to attend the games.

"Yes? I thought your dad was drunk again. "

Shinichi glanced at the detective office on the second floor and said with a smile.

“...... Don't talk about this, let's hurry up!".

With a flushed face, Xiaolan hurriedly urged Shinichi to walk towards the school.

In fact, Shinichi guessed correctly, Mori Kogoro did get drunk with beer while watching Yoko Okino at the office last night.

It's just that Xiao Lan, who was angry, was educated with an iron fist this morning, and forcibly sobered him up from his hangover.

"Speaking of which, your mom must have been going to the game, too. "

After walking a few steps, Shinichi suddenly remembered Xiaolan's mother.

Although she has separated from Maori Kogoro, Concubine Mile's love for Xiaolan has not diminished at all, not to mention the living expenses sent every month, if Xiaolan didn't rest assured that her waste wood father, Concubine Mile would have taken her over to live together.

On a very important day like today, which is very important to Xiaolan, it stands to reason that she should not be absent.

"Well, my mom called me last night and told me that she would be waiting for us at the gym in advance!"

The us mentioned here, in addition to Xiaolan himself, naturally also include Maori Kogoro.

"Well, those two people should be fine when they meet, right?"

In the new impression, the last time I saw Maori Kogoro and Concubine Mile together was at the graduation ceremony of Xiaolan Junior High School.

At that time, the two men did not appear to be very happy to meet.

"It's okay, it should. "

Xiaolan is really relieved about this, because when she called last night, her mother had promised not to quarrel with her father.

It's just that thinking of her father's embarrassing appearance early in the morning, she added it uncertainly.

"Okay, think about it from another angle, when you win the championship and hold a celebration banquet, isn't it also an opportunity to match your father and mother?"

"I hate it! Champion or something, it's too early to say, there are a lot of great opponents in this competition. "

"For example, your old enemy who has been encountered since junior high school, Yona Wada?".

"But it's not just her, the other contestants are also very good!".

“(????)?? Hey, hey, but I'm sure my little orchid is definitely the strongest!".

The two talked and laughed, and soon arrived at school.

As the current head of the karate club, Xiaolan naturally has to accompany her members to take the bus provided by the school to the competition venue.

And Shinichi was also brought along by the way.

However, it seems that it is necessary to buy a car to get around.

Sitting in his seat, he thought silently.

Although he is only sixteen years old this year, and Sakura Kuni has to be at least eighteen years old to get a driver's license, it is not a problem!

Who let him have someone on top of him?

As the bus starts, the scenery outside the window slowly recedes, and occasionally a few cherry blossoms drift into the window and land on the seats.

"The cherry blossoms are about to wither, so how about we go to Rice Flower Park to enjoy the cherry blossoms in a few days?"

Removing a petal that had fallen onto the girl's hair, Shinichi asked Ran beside him.

It's already mid-April, and if it's a little later, you won't be able to see that beautiful view.

"Okay, but don't you have a cherry blossom tree at home?"

Xiaolan naturally agreed with Shinichi's proposal, but raised objections to the location of the cherry blossom viewing.

She likes the cherry blossom tree in the yard of the new family, which was planted together when the two were still in kindergarten, and carefully cared for, from a small sapling, to nearly ten meters now, a short distance higher than the new family's house.

When she was in elementary school, she would wear a beautiful princess dress and stand under the cherry tree to take pictures.

"My family, that's a good idea. "

Shinichi thought about it and realized that this proposal was not bad either.

Although the scenery is better because of the rows of cherry blossom trees in Rice Flower Park, there are many people who go to see the cherry blossoms every year, especially at the end of the season.

After all, cherry blossoms in full bloom and cherry blossoms when they are about to die are not the same.

"Then I'll get ready first, and by the way, I'll call the garden. "

As soon as Shinichi nodded, Xiaolan immediately began to fold her fingers, counting who she could invite.

Of course, cherry blossom viewing should be lively.

As a result, as soon as her slender fingers bent down a few times, she stopped.

After doing so, Xiaolan found that her social circle seemed to be a little smaller, and in addition to the garden, only her parents were left.

But it's no wonder that since she was a child, she has been responsible for taking care of the uncle at home, and she also has to balance her studies and the job of a detective agency as a kanban girl, and her free time is also spent Xi practicing karate and studying cooking.

So those who can be called good friends are only the new ones who have been together since kindergarten.

The rest is at most a classmate relationship, even if it is Tsukamoto Shumi, it is not good enough to reach the other party's home.

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a little sad, her pretty little face collapsed, and she pouted and stopped talking.

"I don't think it matters if there are more or fewer people, it's better just the two of us. "

Shinichi saw the girl's little troubles at a glance, grabbed her little hand, and whispered in her ear.

Although he has a relatively large number of friends, most of them are disgraceful, and even if he can invite them, he will not invite them.

Isn't it fragrant to be alone with Xiaolan?

Perhaps, I can temporarily add a confession plan to my little notebook.