【It was the weekend, I had no extra things to do, and I didn't have to work today, so I could stay at home and watch videos on the internet or something like that. 】
【But it was too boring staying at home, so I went out for a walk. 】
【Unexpectedly, I saw a kidnapper on this whim. 】
【Mifa is truly an amazing place, it feels like you can run into criminals anywhere you go. 】
【I've lived here for over a decade, I should be used to it by now. 】
【I rarely encounter such things, so I directly called the police. The police arrived pretty quickly. 】
【So I'm saying, if Kudo discovered those two from the winery, he should've contacted the police first, maybe he wouldn't have even been hit with a bat. 】
【Today's diary doesn't have much explosive content, it's not like it's full of content every day. 】
【But yesterday I witnessed Kudo transforming into an elementary school student, I wonder what happened next, did he directly move into Ran Mouri's house? 】
Sangoin Nagi, who was reading the diary, suddenly became interested.
“Maria, have the bodyguards been keeping an eye on Shinichi Kudo?”
“Shinichi Kudo, let me go ask.”
Maria went to inquire, and indeed, the bodyguards were not keeping an eye on Shinichi Kudo, who had turned into a child.
She immediately requested to investigate the child's whereabouts.
The answer came quickly, along with a photo taken from outside the hospital, showing the ward inside.
Maria handed the photo to Sangoin Nagi.
“Maria, who are these two?”
Besides Shinichi Kudo, who had turned into a child, the photo also showed a man with a mustache, and a woman who looked very young.
“The man is Yusaku Kudo, a world-renowned mystery novelist.”
“The woman is Yukiko Kudo, a world-renowned actress, who won many classic awards when she was young.”
“Wow, his father's intelligence and his mother's love for acting were perfectly inherited.”
From Maria's introduction, Sangoin Nagi understood that Shinichi Kudo was truly a perfect inheritor.
He is hailed as the "Holmes of the Heisei Era,” but does he know that this isn't a good title?
This kind of fame often brings a lot of unnecessary trouble and targeting.
“It seems, as the diary said, he's not a bad guy, he's just reached the age where he likes to charge forward, continuously expressing his emotions towards things he's interested in.”
But she also understood why "Shinichi Kudo" was called the "Grim Reaper.”
Because this person really goes after any case he's interested in, all the time.
As for whether Shinichi Kudo is the root cause of Mifa's case, she was sure, definitely!
But she also knew that the other party was probably quite innocent to be called "Grim Reaper."
“Maria, in detective novels, isn't the protagonist always encountering strange cases?”
“Of course. To keep the story going, detective stories will definitely encounter many bizarre cases.”
“Aren't detective stories just piled up with cases one after another?”
“However, most detective stories focus on the content of the story, the suspense and reversal of the story content are the interesting parts of detective stories.”
Sangoin Nagi looked at Maria with a little difference.
“Maria, you know a lot about this stuff.”
“Because I also read some books when I have nothing to do. In the big library, you piled up a lot of materials for drawing manga, I would tidy up when I have free time, and then find some books to read.”
Maria's answer was reasonable.
The work of a maid is very complicated, especially when working as a maid for little Nagi, the biggest problem besides daily cleaning is constantly facing Nagi's sudden "whims.”
Maids also need an outlet and time to relax.
So, occasionally reading some interesting novels is also a little hobby for Maria as a maid.
Only after she finished speaking, Maria looked at Nagi with a little bit of subtlety.
“So, do you think that Shinichi Kudo is the protagonist of some detective novel?”
“No, I don't think so.”
Sangoin Nagi directly denied.
“Detective novels wouldn't have a title like "Grim Reaper.”
“Which detective novel would allow the protagonist to have that kind of title? How many people would die?”
“Indeed.”
Maria also thought it was absurd.
If a detective novel could have the number of deaths to be called "Grim Reaper," then that detective novel would be a piece of crap.
“So, I think it should be a manga, or an animation.”
This sudden change of pace made Maria gasp.
“Detective manga and animation… does the death also have a serialization?”
“Therefore, that's why he's called “Grim Reaper.”
“...Indeed.”
It was reasonable, Maria couldn't refute it.
“Contact Mifa's situation, I'm slowly understanding why Mifa's crime rate is so high.”
Sangoin Nagi was speechless, but she seemed to have found an answer.
“It's just that the whole country's crime rate is concentrated in one place, just to send some cases to the protagonist.”
“...”
This answer was really speechless, but it seemed to be the case when combined with reality.
“Shinichi Kudo turning into a child doesn't seem like an end, it's more like a beginning.”
“Yes, the beginning of the story is that the famous detective Shinichi Kudo was hit with a strange bat by members of a strange organization, and was forcibly given a strange medicine that turned him into a small child. Then, Shinichi Kudo goes undercover as someone else to investigate the organization and the poison, trying to turn himself back into a high school student. It's a story about them playing against each other.”
Maria's speculation was as usual, Sangoin Nagi also found it logical.
That bat and a pill in the beginning directly caused a high school detective and a strange organization to have a grudge, and then it's a story of mutual game between each other.
Yeah, that makes sense.
“No wonder he's so disgusted with being a student of Teitan High.”
Sangoin Nagi understood a bit, but then she became curious again.
“Maria, what kind of story do you think we are?”
“For us, it should be a story with Nagi as the theme, I think it should be more daily, it should be a very Nagi style story.”
Maria thought about it, it seemed that only the situation related to Nagi was more reliable.
“Nagi, if you want to know, you can directly ask later.”
“Hmm.”
Sangoin Nagi also had that intention.
Then she looked at the diary, the next was today's lottery time.
But with such a jewel in front of her, she didn't have any hope.
【Genshin Impact】
【Obtain crafting recipe: Mondstadt Potato Pancake】
【Mondstadt Potato Pancake: Fragrant potato fried cake, can be used to restore vitality. 】
PS: New book looking for data