"I haven't finished unpacking yet." "Isn't there anything I can do?" "no." "All that's left is the kitchen." "I won't be seeing Koito-san anymore." "Hi!" "The front door was open so I let myself in." "Huh?" "Koito-san?" "Where should I put my stole?" "I'll take it!" "would you?" "it suits you." "Koito-san..." "That's me." "It hasn't been that long since we saw each other." "Did you forget your only friend's face already?" "I certainly haven't forgotten yours." "Shunka-sama." "You got here so quickly." "thanks for calling me." "Did you call her for me?" "I'll bring you some tea." "What's the matter?" "Have a seat." "I'm sorry." "For what?" "Well..." "For everything." "You're welcome." "I was inside of some gloomy cavern." "I don't remember anything." "Look!" "Your face is saying "Oh damn!" "don't you?" "what happened in there?" "Will you not make a big deal of it if I tell you?" "What?" "A big deal?" "bring it on!" "huh?" "So?" "Did you tell him?" "Did you tell him?" "That you love him?" "Th-That's..." "What?" "You didn't tell him?" "I'd never say a thing like that." "I know. that face says it all." "I've restrained myself from asking up until now." "So..." "Is he handsome?" "It's not like that." "What?" "He's ugly?" "He's wonderful!" "Geez..." "I knew." "It's not like that." "Such sad eyes." "huh?" "It's not like that!" "you don't have to hide it." "Come on!" "Open up to me." "my." "I used to play like that when I was a schoolgirl too." "uhm..." "It's fine." "I understand." "Tome-san?" "I'll have mine in the kitchen." "have tea with us." "Yeah!" "you don't mind?" "Of course not!" "I'll bring my cup in here." "Geez..." "When she said she played like that... to the reunion of the Detective Girls." "my." "Detectives?" "I used to read a lot of detective novels." "Do you want to join our group?" "May I?" "I'd love to!" "one more time:" "the Detective Women." "Women"?" "eh?" "At this time we have a special introduction to the members of the Detective Girls for your eyes only!" "{\clip(m 234 562 I 230 685 954 700 1033 561)}At this time we have a special introduction to the members of the Detective Girls for your eyes only!" "{\clip(m 234 562 I 230 685 670 690 751 548)}At this time we have a special introduction to the members of the Detective Girls for your eyes only!" "{\clip(m 234 562 I 230 685 344 686 415 560)}At this time we have a special introduction to the members of the Detective Girls for your eyes only!" "Our first member is Mikamo Chizuko." "She was raised by the famous Twenty Faces." "Usually she's very reserved and quiet..." "But get her mad and she'll send anyone flying with her superhuman strength!" "She's the Detective Girls' brute force specialist." "Tome-san." "She's the Detective Girls' sex appeal specialist." "is there a man alive who can resist her charms?" "There's no information that she can't gather." "Koito Shunka." "The leader of the Detective Girls." "I've gathered everyone together in our daily battles for justice." "Let's make that into a movie!" "wouldn't it?" "W-Well?" "For crying out loud." "Too stingy to provide me with a car." "Is that it?" "I wholeheartedly apologize for being unable to protect Chizuko-san that time and–" "Save your apology." "prove to me that you deserve it." "can't you?" "Yes." "O-Of course." "Kurosaki." "Yes." "We'd like you to recover an item like this one from young lady Chizuko's residence." "Recover?" "Detective." "I've got to pull this off." "It all depends on this." "Akine should be arriving at the young lady's residence soon." "ready our next move." "I'll make the preparations." "Very good." "Huh?" "A tanuki figurine in a sweat-soaked double-breasted suit is walking this way." "doesn't he?" "It's rude to say something like that!" "but I wasn't talking about just anyone." "You knew who I meant when I said it was a tanuki figurine." "no good." "That's rude." "Geez!" "But he does look like one." "but don't say it out loud!" "Ah!" "I'm so glad you're doing well." "Detective." "I'm in your debt." "Tome-san." "but there's an unexpected person here." "And I'm so glad you haven't changed yourself." "I never told Detective Akine where this place was." "Could the Mistress have told him?" "Not at all." "Just like the story of the Bunbuku Chagama." "30)}Note: 'Bunbuku Chagama' is a Japanese folktale about a tanuki (Japanese raccoon) 55)}that turns into a teapot that couldn't stand the heat used to boil water." "Knock it off already!" "Knock what off?" "You shouldn't act that way." "I'm glad you two are having a good time." "That's true." "What a wonderful house." "I'd love a tour." "right." "Akine-san." "Wh-What is it?" "Tell us the story of how you saved Mikamo-san from Twenty Faces." "wow!" "You're interested in that?" "That's when I was dodging enemies on my right by weaving to my left." "again and again!" "And then the train exploded!" "That couldn't daunt my courage and I slipped through and almost caught up with Twenty Faces." "Chizuko-kun..." "Chizuko-kun..." "I was right on the verge of cornering that scoundrel." "What an incredible adventure." "certainly danger was my constant companion." "but I need..." "It's right there after you leave the room." "Pardon me." "what did he come here for?" "I wonder." "this is going well so far." "All right..." "This is pretty shabby." "Maybe it's Tome's room." "I can safely look around in here." "that time when I was walking home holding Chieko's hand..." "I didn't have any possessions either." "what are you doing?" "just got lost..." "What did the Mistress say to you?" "it's not that..." "I thought I heard someone in here." "Don't lie to me!" "I really did!" "Really!" "You disgust me." "I'm telling the truth." "See!" "Tome-san!" "What's going on?" "Which one?" "The black-haired one." "All right!" "Young lady..." "Don't try and fool us!" "It's a case!" "Y-Young lady..." "Where'd she go?" "There!" "Damn it!" "bro." "Suck it up!" "Hold it!" "Wait for me!" "Hey!" "Hold it!" "Please stop!" "Tome-san..." "Let's use our secret weapons." "Excuse me?" "Circle around!" "All right." "that's far enough." "You're a real pain in the ass." "Don't think badly of us for this." "I'll be borrowing this." "Shit!" "D-Damn you!" "You little brat!" "you evil-doers!" "Known by people far and wide!" "Now here right before your very eyes!" "The Beautiful Detective Girls have arrived!" "young lady!" "Idiot!" "Get out of the way!" "Tome-san!" "Koito-san!" "Ouch..." "Are you all right?" "I'll survive." "Why would you go this far?" "Freeze!" "D-D-Don't lay a hand on that girl!" "Splendid!" "our mission here is complete!" "They were probably hired by Mrs. Mikamo." "who just came to steal a bottle." "Good riddance to them." "Detective." "Why did you save the young lady?" "You even used a toy pistol." "Do you remember when you were under the control of that white-haired demon?" "very little." "Me neither." "I remember Twenty Faces disguised as Akechi." "He was talking about the war." "And he said that he was going to tend to his unfinished business." "I thought about finding my lost sister." "She might have been Chizuko-kun." "I know that Chizuko-kun isn't actually my little sister." "But Twenty Faces' words and that white-haired demon's words got all mixed together." "I can't get them out of my head." "So that's why I was so happy when I found Chizuko-kun on that island." "I'll finally begin to feel that the war is over." "That's why I can't let Chizuko-kun get hurt." "look at this." "Koito-san." "I guess I've got nothing to worry about." "too." "Detective." "That's..." "Please make good use of it." "Next time please stay for dinner." "But I guess the Beautiful Detective Girls passed their first test." "Though somewhere along the way we became 'beautiful'." "Isn't it all happening like I said it would?" "and Tome-san used her sex appeal." "And you used brute force!" "Brute force?" "I didn't throw him by mere strength." "It's like I said:" "and strength." "Geez." "Knock it off!" "that tickles!" "Good work." "I'll need to provide some extra compensation." "What does that mean?" "You let me discover that you were the one who procured this originally." "but what about the media?" "It should make for some juicy gossip." "How much do you want? but I've already told this story to a reporter. you'll keep your hands off of Chizuko-kun." "show him out." "This family will have nothing to do with you from this point forward." "The same can be said for the girl." "Ma'am... doesn't she?" "Chizuko-kun is a good girl. she pities you."