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Section 1: The Daily Lives of a Certain Detective Agency page 1

"Kunikida-san. Why was the Armed Detective Agency created?"

Sitting at a seat at the cafe, Tanizaki Junichirou tilted his neck. The tall man sitting in
front of him frowned deeply and responded in a serious voice.

"So you don't know?"

"No...I'm sorry."

It was night.

At a narrow, secluded table, two men sat face to face. Between the two of them were two
servings of sesame fried dumplings and roasted green tea. Both of them wore serious
expressions. They were a strange sight to see, which might involuntarily provoke a second
glance-but they were the Armed Detective Agency's investigators, and this was the scene of a
late-night meeting.

This was the cafe kn own as "Uzumaki." It was located on the first floor of the building
which the Armed Detective Agency also occupied, and made tea in a somewhat old-fashioned
manner.

"You're right, even though I work here, I don't know about it-why the Detective
Agency was founded. Do you know?"

"Of course I know."

The man across from Tanizaki-Kunikida Doppo-nodded.

Tanizaki smiled. "I'm not surprised."

"Only vaguely, though."