“Eh? Beauty?”
 
[Really!? A high school girl is asking me for beauty advice!? No, this is delightful!]
 

(A-amazing, Koyomin.)
 
She instantly came up with insincere flattery and opened the other person’s heart── though if she opens that ample bosom any more, things could get problematic. Those curves might burst free.
 
She’s not exposing anything, but Adeno-san is extremely pleased.
 
She said “Standing around talking isn’t ideal” and guided us to the sofa in the entrance, even with coffee included.… Read more

“Seriously? I don’t care about the motive or trick of the crime, but you don’t know where the crucial will is hidden?”
 
Naomi-san scratched her head. Just a moment ago she was laughing enjoyably at my flustering, but now she’s nervously tapping her foot.
 
Meanwhile, Koyomin was calm. I don’t know which of us is more adult.
 
“I see, a foreign language. Was it English?”
 
I shook my head vigorously.
 
“I have no idea.… Read more

(A beautiful mature woman?! I can’t tell at all?!)
 
I take back what I said earlier! Even though I’ve seen many gaps between exterior and interior, this is shocking!
 
Her actual age – I forgot I was in the middle of a deduction show and ended up staring intently.
 
(No matter how I look at her, she doesn’t look like she’s in her sixties! Ah, but maybe her neck area looks a little wrinkled, I guess?)… Read more

“Well, the reason I’ve gathered everyone is nothing else. My father’s will, which should have been in the safe, is missing.”
 
“Missing… oh, is that true, Eijiro-chan?”
 
Mukashino-san put his hand on his shoulder.
 
Eijiro-san nodded weakly.
 
“Yes, and you see, losing the will right after inheriting my father’s position would look bad, so…”
 
“Ahh, I see. You called a detective because you don’t want to file a police report. That’s a wise decision.”
 
With a meaningful smile, Mukashino-san looked at us intently.… Read more

“For instance, say you got a hundred points on a test, right? What would happen then?”
 
“Um, my mother would praise me?”
 
“…Please stay just the way you are.”
 
Naomi-san patted my head with pity? Did I say something strange?
 
“Now, what if it was actually cheating? And you got perfect scores in all subjects?”
 
“If, if that happened… even if I’m not smart, everyone would respect me, and I could get into a good school just with my grades… ah.”… Read more

[Alright! I can make it back with this race! Go! Pass them! Pass them all!]
 

(This person is doing horse racing!)
 
I slumped my shoulders at the cheering voice for horses that I could hear even without trying to read minds.
 
I mean, sure, there are guys at school who pretend to study while reading manga, but this is what you’d call a serious-looking slacker. I can’t count on this person.
 
“Well, as long as we can see the surveillance camera.”… Read more

“……Alright, okay. Koyomi, ask the client various questions and shake them up. Kanako, just read the client’s mind as much as you can. If there are any secrets, tell me about them later.”
 
“Haa, I’m more worried about what kind of request this is.”
 
Naomi-san pulled my troubled shoulders closer.
 
“Don’t worry, there probably won’t be any dead bodies lying around.”
 
“Then what will be lying around?” asked Koyomin.
 
Naomi-san showed her jagged teeth and smiled.… Read more

“Are you in, Kanako! Koyomi! It’s me!”
 
A woman with jagged teeth and sharp eyes, wearing a jacket with a token attempt at formality but unable to hide her overflowing “delinquent flavor,” appeared.
 
“N-Naomi-san!?”
 
“Yo, how’ve you been! Nahaha!”
 
Police Superintendent Terabayashi Naomi.
 
The Metropolitan Police’s nuclear warhead. Despite being part of the career track, she’s famous as a heroine who’s achieved numerous accomplishments through her hands-on action and reckless fearlessness.… Read more

Case 2: I Can Read Minds So I Know Who the Thief Is, But They’re Thinking in a Foreign Language So I Can’t Find What They Stole!

The whereabouts of the will left by the former president of major consulting firm Logic Consul has gone missing—called in personally by the successor to resolve a scandal that cannot be made public,
Oba Kanako, the mind-reading detective arrives on the scene.
She immediately tries to read the minds of suspicious parties using her innate ability, but—
“This is… a foreign language!?”… Read more

“Were you deliberately saying it wasn’t related to make the culprit slip up? What a nasty personality for a detective.”
 
[Guh! A trap to catch the culprit by deliberately not mentioning fishing line! As expected of a great detective!]
 

(No, I was just being mean because I was annoyed, and I simply didn’t know the word ‘fishing line’…)
 
Who would have thought my malice and ignorance would work so well together? I was more surprised than anyone.… Read more