Masked Rider, but kindhearted

After lecturing the ignorant girl, Shotaro Zuo proudly raised his coffee cup and sipped it elegantly.

"Really...why would Dad accept such an unreliable disciple?" She pulled out a property ownership certificate and slammed it on the table. "I don't know when Dad turned the house into a detective agency, but I'm the owner...tell me where Dad is?"

"You're just a freeloader. If you don't want to be kicked out of this firm, do as I say!"

"Poof!" Zuo Xiangtaro looked down and saw the property ownership certificate written clearly in black and white on the table. He spat out all the coffee he had just drunk in one breath.

"Murakami...Akiko?!" He saw the girl's full name on the certificate, "You are Narumi Akiko, uncle's daughter???"

"Didn't the uncle say his daughter wouldn't be here until tomorrow?!"

Narumi Shokichi only said that his daughter was attending school in Osaka, but he didn't say what she looked like...

Damn... I was fooled by this girl's childish appearance like a middle school student!

When Shotaro Satoshi thought this in his heart, he completely ignored the fact that he had just graduated from high school and was not even an adult yet - but rounding it off, he was almost an adult... In short, he thought that he was already a fully mature man!

He looked at the girl's face, and his mind unconsciously recalled that night, the "night of beginning"...

Especially the scene where Narumi Shokichi was shot in the back and he entrusted his hat to him with a smile.

Seeing the uncle's daughter with his own eyes, Zuo Xiangtaro was a little at a loss at this moment.

How should I explain to them, "My uncle has been injured and has gone into semi-retirement. Furthermore, due to the influence of Gaia's memory, even if he were healthy, he would probably have difficulty seeing his daughter..."

"By the way, how long will Dad be away on business?" Ming Hai Yashu looked around.

Her father was a detective and she didn't know why he was so busy. She had hardly seen him since she was a child. Every time he called, he was on a business trip... She took advantage of her high school graduation to visit him and he was still on a business trip!

Obviously... obviously, he was quite impressive in the Fuuto daily newspapers, and all the mentions of him were full of praise, such as "a man of both wisdom and courage" / "the perfect tough detective" / "the fierce tiger of Fuuto" and so on...

In Akiko Narumi's memory, her father was always very busy. He was rarely with his family because of his detective career.

As far as she could remember, she had no memory of her biological mother - there was a very beautiful and gentle aunt named Marissa... She was very familiar with her father and was a professional singer. At that time, she thought she was going to have a stepmother.

However, her father was focused on his career and had no intention of finding a stepmother for her, so the father and daughter depended on each other.

Dad is still very busy, but he promised himself that he would always be by her side when she got married...

Until one day, when she was still young, the man suddenly asked an acquaintance to send her to a girls' school in Osaka on the grounds that "the wind is too dangerous."

When her father sent her away, the young Ajuko cried very hard... Until the day of departure, the man never came to see her - from then on, Ajuko Narumi never saw her father again.

She spent most of her time in the closed girls' boarding school, and occasionally went to that deserted "home" where she was always alone...or rather, the rental house.

Only the generous living expenses that came to her regularly every month could prove that she had not been abandoned.

At the end of her high school studies, Akiko Narumi received an encrypted letter from her father, Shokichi Narumi.

Her father called and told her to open it if she felt desperate... A few days after receiving the letter, she saw a news report in the Fengdu Daily: a massive explosion had occurred on a neighboring island in the Fengdu area...

Akiko Narumi had originally planned to be obedient and do as her father said after she got married. She believed her father couldn't continue to work as a detective at his age... But after seeing the news, a woman's intuition told her that this unusual incident might be related to her father's behavior of sending letters.

That's how it's played out in the movies: before going to the battlefield, soldiers write a sentimental letter home/a suicide note/a love letter and send it to their relatives or loved ones...and then create some tragedy to make people cry.

So, she willfully opened the letter in advance, only to find a property certificate inside - it was the house where she and her father once lived in Fengdu... the place where their family of three once lived happily.

After opening the letter...After graduating from high school, Akiko Narumi no longer planned to continue her studies or find a job. She planned to use the free time between finishing her studies and finding a job to look for her father whom she had not seen for many years.

She had a lot of things she wanted to ask her unreliable father.

For example: Why do you keep avoiding her? If you want to leave her, just leave like your mother. / The wind is very dangerous, why do you have to stay here? / Why do you want to leave... the title certificate of this house?

"Uncle, uncle is on a business trip... and can't come back for the time being." When asked this suddenly by the girl, Zuo Xiangtaro's eyes immediately became evasive, and he turned his head awkwardly to look in another direction.

"What..." Although she had expected it, Akiko Narumi still felt disappointed.

Her father told her that he was on a business trip and not in Fengdu for the time being... She still held on to a lucky hope: thinking that if she came early, she might be able to catch him.

In the end, she only saw a young man pretending to be serious, the one her father had introduced to her on the phone: his disciple, Shotaro Sae.

Just when Akiko Narumi was about to continue asking questions, the door of the office slammed open.

A handsome young man wearing a black police uniform and a long sword on his waist walked in.

"So handsome... Is he a police officer working with the agency?"

Ming Hai Yashu looked at the man and felt that he looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him.

"Brother Tiandao, you don't have to work overtime today?" Zuo Xiangtaro waved and greeted the man happily.

"Tian Dao?" Ming Hai Ya Shuzi tried hard to search for the key words in her mind. After a moment, she recognized it and said in surprise, "You are that handsome police officer?!"

Since she kept an eye on her father's development in Fengdu from time to time...there were frequent reports in newspapers and on the Internet - "Tendo Souji", this legendary name naturally came into her sight.

"The newspaper said you single-handedly lowered the crime rate in Fengdu. Is that true?" She was a little curious, but mostly a little unconvinced...

Although she seldom had contact with her father, the praises from her clients when she was little left a deep impression on her, so much so that her father's image was still quite tall in her heart - why was this young guy's reputation in Fuuto even more exaggerated than that of his father, a famous detective?

"This girl must be asking the detective for help... She doesn't seem too worried... It shouldn't be a big deal."

Thinking of this, Tendo Souji nodded calmly and walked past the two of them inside.

"Has this guy always been so arrogant?" Ming Hai Ajuko frowned as she stared at the back. She felt that she was being looked down upon.

Her father also told her that Tiandao was his good partner, and if she encountered any troubles she couldn't solve herself, she could just go to him...

"What did you say?!" Shotaro Zuo's favorability towards her plummeted - although it wasn't very high to begin with.

My first impression went from "unclear about the man's daughter, she must be a tough girl" to "a woman without any sense of tough guy aesthetics, a woman without class"...

Now it has become: "A rude and irritating guy"!

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Chapter 87 You only need to answer "yes" or "no" (4K)

Tendou Souji is the second person he admires most in his life. He is almost comparable to the uncle, a man among men.

Shotaro couldn't stand the other party's words and glared at the girl in front of him angrily:

"Stop talking nonsense, you rude fellow who looks down on others without permission—don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're an uncle's daughter!"

"Brother Tiandao fights desperately every day to protect Fengdu, what do you know?!"

Seeing this guy and Hajime's reaction of panting, Narumi Akiko froze for a moment, not knowing how to react. She had only said that casually, subconsciously...

"It's not to the point of risking your life... Hashimune Madai (wait)... uncle's daughter?"

Tendo Souji, who wanted to go to W's secret base to visit his brother Philip, stopped at the door.

The hybrid defeated today was just a small fry and could be dealt with by ordinary attacks... but it had a capability similar to a tracking bullet. Even if Tendo Souji transformed into a stream of water in the form of the Genie Shark Volume 2, he could still be captured the moment he jumped out of the water.

This gave him an idea...an inspiration for solving the problem of true love bomb in Narumi Shokichi's case - he came to the office today just to study this matter with Philip.

After a brief thought, he decided not to meet Philip today. Uncle Ming Hai probably didn't want his daughter to come into contact with anything related to Gaia's memory...

"That kid, Philip, is always hanging out in Earth's library... When we get back, let's go through the 'Book Gate' and see him in spirit form..."

For some reason, Tendo Souji felt a slight pain in his waist.

To prevent a certain heavy-handed dancer from taking advantage of his physical body being restrained in place and challenging the Thunder Sword Spirit alone—after all, he still had to lock the door...

"Narumi, Akiko...right?" Tendo Souji turned around and walked to the sofa to sit down, casually looking at the other party, his tone calm, "Uncle Narumi mentioned you to me. During your stay in Fuuto, I will be responsible for your safety."

Ming Hai Yashuzi just said bad things about others behind their backs, and now she is facing the sun.

The handsome and elegant young man was leaning casually on the sofa with a confident smile on his face.

He doesn't look much older than Shotarou, but he has the charm of a mature man. At first glance, he gives people the feeling of "this guy is very reliable"...

"What's going on... How can I get angry like this..." She lowered her head timidly, not daring to look him in the eye.

Girls' thoughts always jump out of control - or maybe it's just Akiko Narumi.

One second she thought Tendo Souji was arrogant and conceited...the next second she started to become obsessed with her boyfriend because of his exaggerated remarks.

"If I marry this handsome guy... Dad will even give up his work to be with me..."

"Isn't it: Double enjoyment!!!"

At this moment, the door at the innermost side of the office suddenly opened.

Just as Akiko Narumi was stunned by Tendo Souji's words, the wooden door deep in the office was suddenly pushed open.

Accompanied by a strange sound, a red and black mechanical stag beetle took the lead and flew out. It was the "Stag Phone" in its "Live Mode" form.

This small prop that uses simulated memory is normally a red and black flip phone. It was originally developed by the masked woman for Shokichi Narumi to use. Recently, Philip had an inspiration and borrowed it from Uncle Narumi to study.

Following behind the shovel beetle was a young man wearing green clothes, with a slim figure and a girlish hairpin in his hair.

But at this moment, his hair was disheveled, his hairpin was dangling, he had thick dark circles under his eyes, his pupils were dilated, and he looked as if he had not slept for three days and three nights. He staggered out holding on to the wall.

It was like a dream taking me back to the night of the beginning... It reminded Shotaro Sa of the first time he met his good brother...

"Philip, you didn't sleep all night again?!" Seeing his partner looking so weak, as if he was about to die suddenly in the next second, Zuo Xiangtaro was horrified.

"Ouni-san, is my sister still resting?" Philip asked curiously when he saw that only Tendo Souji was there.

It seems something has changed...Tendo Souji knew the situation and nodded calmly, as if greeting his younger brother. Then he patiently reminded him, "Philip, curiosity and passion for scientific research are good things, but you still need to take care of your health."

"Who are you and what's the matter with this flying beetle?!" Dad only mentioned Shotaro Sae. Akiko Narumi was shocked to find that there was actually someone living in this office.

Philip forced open his sleepy eyelids and glanced at the girl. Without the slightest bit of surprise, he read calmly, "Murakami Shokichi's only daughter, Narumi Akiko, seventeen years old, from Osaka, 160cm tall, measurements xx/xx/xx, graduated from... I've already searched your information."

"This guy looks like a criminal skater, and he even knows this kind of private information... Is he some kind of perverted stalker?!"

Akiko Narumi widened her eyes, looked at Philip for a few seconds, then glanced at Tendo Souji on the sofa, and hesitated for a few seconds... Thinking about it carefully, judging from his attire, this police officer should not be from the office.

Shotaro Sae looks strange enough, but this boy named Philip is even stranger than Shotaro Sae...

She couldn't hold it in any longer. Her originally cute and adorable face turned into an exaggerated expression, and she yelled to the sky: "Dad, are there any normal people among the employees in your office?! Can someone explain to me what's going on?"

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"Anyway, that little gadget is just a mechanical toy. Philip is just very curious and keeps studying it endlessly, which is why he looks like this..."

——"By the way, Akiko, you haven't been to Fuuto for a long time, right? I'll take you to try some of Fuuto's special snacks!"

Just get away with it like this...and don't let this woman delve into the firm's secrets.

Shotaro Zuo activated his skill "Hero's Appearance" and abruptly changed the subject, suggesting that he should treat the guests.

In order to entertain the guest Akiko Narumi, at Shotaro's call, everyone decided to have a meal together at the famous "Kaze Noodle Stand" in Fuuto.

But no one knows where the masked woman has gone...Uncle Minghai can only hide for now.

Tendo Souji planned to pack two dinners later and ask Philip to take them back without telling Shotarou.

That’s it for now, let’s eat first.

The whole day is almost over, and that stupid dancer should have recovered...Tendo Souji dialed the phone uncertainly - and it was picked up immediately.

"Yuuka, do you want to come out for dinner? Uncle Narumi's daughter is here. Let's go to the Kaze Noodles stall."

"Hmm..." A soft hum was heard from the other end of the phone, as if she had just woken up and stretched. The mature and elegant voice was full of feminine charm, charming and lazy:

"Ah, Mr. Tiandao, did you miss me?~"

"You only need to answer 'yes' or 'no'," Tendo Souji asked calmly, adding, "I don't have time to go home and cook today."

"I know... I'm packing up and leaving right now↓~" / "I'll pick you up in ten minutes."

"Ten minutes?! How can that be in time..." / "That's it, anyway."

The rare dinner time for the two of them (which happened every day) was interrupted, and Ozawa Yuka felt a little regretful when the call was hung up.

"Yuuka? Are they close enough to call each other by their first names?" Shotaro Sae noticed this with his keen sense and was deeply shocked.

But think about it... with Sister Yuka's beauty, the two of them fighting together and living together until now... seems reasonable, right?

At least put yourself in his shoes. If it were you, he would have fallen long ago.

Zuo Xiangtaro put his arm around Philip's shoulders and whispered mysteriously in his ear: "Aibo (partner), you may have to change your name to sister-in-law."

Philip didn't understand what Shotarou meant. He continued to ponder his unfinished research and yawned tiredly.

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At dusk, in front of Tiandao’s house.

Tendou Souji arrived at the agreed time, but there was no movement... He took out his key and opened the door - sure enough, the sound of running water came from upstairs.