Outside Teitan Elementary School!
As the dismissal bell rang, a large crowd of little kids with schoolbags on their backs streamed out through the school gates one after another!
"Bye-bye!"
"See you, see you tomorrow!"
"See you tomorrow!"
"Come on, hurry! I found a really fun place—I'll take you there!"
"Then let's go now!"
"Count me in!"
"Me too!"
Watching the smiling children, Qing Mo, Chengjiang, and Mizi were waiting not far outside Teitan Elementary School's gates to pick up Kaoruko and Xunzi after school!
Since he had worked overtime with Akari until dawn again last night, Qing Mo had not gone to the group headquarters. Instead, on a whim, he had brought Little Tail along to pick up the two children from school!
Outside the school's education building, Kaoruko and Xunzi, their cute schoolbags on their backs, were likewise walking slowly toward the school gates with smiles on their faces!
"Xunzi, shall we go help Grandma Kamiyoshi find her cat later?"
"Find a cat?"
Hearing Ayumi, her classmate beside her, Xunzi, who carried a pink schoolbag, could not help but look slightly puzzled!
"Mm-hmm! During recess earlier, we heard Shimamoto say that the cat belonging to the old lady next door to him had suddenly gone missing!"
"And that cat had been with the old lady for a very long time—it was like family to her!"
"The cat has been missing for several days now, and the old lady is terribly sad. So the Detective Boys have decided to help her find it!"
As one of the Detective Boys, Mitsuhiko immediately explained when he saw the confusion on Xunzi's face!
"That's right! To make that old lady happy again, it's time for the Detective Boys to spring into action!"
"Xunzi, why don't you come with us too? Join our