By the time Neuro had gotten me home, I was exhausted. I crashed on my bed and fell asleep instantly. It was about 1pm before I woke up again, and I realized with a start that I was late to the office. Maybe Neuro would let me off since I had been working late yesterday.
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'Apparently not' I thought as a stapler flung across the room and hit me in the face as I walked in the door. "You're late." Neuro stated.
I sighed, "Sorry about that, I was out late yesterday, doing wh-"
"Of course Sensai, your personal life comes priority to all else, I was merely shocked you weren't upset at me for carrying you here in your bed and getting breakfast ready. Thank you for being so kind today."
Since Neuro was acting so sickeningly sweet, I must have had someone behind me. And when I turned around, I found myself face to face with Lady Milli.
Our client looked delighted as soon as she spotted the Chinese box Neuro had left on his desk. "Oh, Miss Yako! How amazing! However did you get it?" "Sensai is an expert sneak thief! She will tell you all about where it was! Go ahead Sensai! Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop."
Yako gave a rough idea of what happened, leaving out Godai and a few parts about Neuro.
"What an amazing genius you are!" Lady Milli swooned. "Sensai had me read the letter to make sure it's the right one," Neuro broke into Lady Milli's gushing.
Lady Milli looked a trifle embarrassed. "Couldn't you have read it yourself Miss Yako? I appreciate your saving me, but I would prefer to have kept this a private matter between us girls."
"Sensai said it was far to troublesome. Would you like to take a look and make sure this is your letter as well?" Neuro's eyes glowed slightly.
"Indeed it is!" Lady Milli said, skimming over the letter. She picked up the Chinese puzzle box from the desk. "I shall keep this as a souvenir." "Actually, Sensai said she would like to keep it as a souvenir. She absolutely loves puzzle boxes."
"I hope to send you a better souvenir then that on my wedding day. You will certainly not find me ungrateful." She started to pull away, but Neuro grabbed her hand holding the box. "I think not." He dropped his innocent voice.
"What do you mean?" Lady Milli asked rather sharply.
"Why don't we first see what else in the box?" I finally spoke up. Neuro looked at me with mild surprise. Apparently he thought I was a lost cause after yesterday.
"Whatever do you mean?" Lady Milli gave the box a firm tug, but Neuro's hand didn't move in the slightest. Neuro made a quick gesture, then held out his hand. Four large glittering gems and two huge pearls appeared in his hand. "The jewels stolen from Bond Street the other day, or so Sensai says. Let's have Detective Sasazuka confirm."
I was rather surprised when Sasazuka and Ishigaki walked out of the bathroom. "An old friend of yours?" Neuro asked, slipping back into his innocent expression.
"Nabbed by the coppers!" Lady Milli, spat, her manner completely changed. "You bratty little girl!" She looked at me with almost a look of awe.
"Well, Gertie, we've been looking for you for a while now." Sasazuka reached for his hand cuffs. "You nearly gave us the slip. We already got your friend Lavington, alias Crocker, alias Reed. I wonder who it was that stuck a knife in him in Holland."
"Yeah, it was me," Lady Milli, or Gertie, which was her real name, suddenly seethed. "That jerk Reed double crossed me, the backstabber. So I returned the favor! Like I'm going to let a little brat and a couple cops stop me from getting the profits I deserve!" She reached for the jewels in Neuro's hand.
For a second, the world seemed to stop. I was the only one who could see Neuro's transformation or hear the "Itadakimasu!" after which the world seemed to breathe again, and Gertie collapsed on the floor.
When Sasazuka and Ishigaki left, Neuro turned to me. "How did you know Lady Milli was a fraud? You seemed completely clueless worm."
"Her shoes. Human woman take great pride in shoes, and even though she was wearing such an expensive outfit, she was wearing cheap shoes. No member of royalty would wear such a thing. And then the veil and the letter-it was all a bit dramatic and didn't ring true."
"My, my, slave. Perhaps your not as worthless as I thought. And apparently your fame isn't scaring ALL the mysteries away. They're even coming here to be solved themselves." Neuro said with a small yet frightening grin. And he then promptly threw me across the room.
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