Chapter 1

Wahhhh, this is bad, this is very very bad–

What happened, Hachinoya-sama?

What happened, what happened?? Are you perhaps in trouble?! Is it a case!?

Kinari, Netaro. I need you two to stay calm and listen. Well, I know it might be hard to stay calm when someone suddenly tells you to, but in times like this, just spin around clockwise and let out a "woof”.

The one who should stay calm is you, Nagi.

Sorry. Thanks for being an exemplary straight man here. I didn’t expect you to throw an extraordinary punchline like that.

Hm~! Just get to the point and spill it all out! Gii!

The truth is, they disappeared… Yukikaze-san’s dried sardines disappeared…

Here, Yukikaze-san, please go on.

Lately, the Chief's diet has been a bit unbalanced, so I thought I'd make a vegetable-packed miso soup. I even started by preparing the broth from scratch, but–

The moment I looked away, the dried sardines I had left here disappeared.

And also, one side of my freshly washed socks disappeared too. I've looked everywhere, but I still can't find it.

I shee~. The vanished dried sardines and a lone sock. This reeks of a case in the making!

I wonder where it went… Could it be because it didn’t like the detergent I was using, so it ran away from home…?

Ahaha, maybe.

At this rate, I believe master's vegetable-packed miso soup will end up without the dried sardine broth.

Hachinoya-sama might end up going around with that one-of-a-kind, a single sock fashion as well.

Alllllright. It’s our time to shine!

Let's start the investigation: "The Mystery of the Vanished Dried Sardines and the Missing Single Sock!" Let's go, Narison!

Understood, Yolmes-sama. I will once again do my best to resolve the case as your partner.

So you've got the spirit of a famous detective, huh?

It's like one of those late-night detective variety shows.

That's reassuring. I'm counting on you two. Please go and solve the mystery.

Leave it to us!!

With that said, let’s start with you, Tengu–

Ah. I was really just passing by, so I’ll be going now.

What a party pooper~

Yowa-sama.

What is it, Nari? Do we gotta whisper?

I performed a body scan, but there were no traces of dried sardines inside Murakumo-sama's clothes. The socks he’s currently wearing are his as well.

...Well, that saves us some trouble! As expected of my partner, well done~!

Thank you.