Yoshii Akihisa saw this scene and shouted loudly, "Damn it, I never thought you guys would be this kind of people, you heartless bunch!"
"Sakamoto, I misjudged you. Tsuchiya being a secretly perverted creep is one thing, but I didn't expect you to be like this too. Fine! You guys can leave. I'll go look with Saiki."
(I never said I was going to look for it.)
Sakamoto Yuuji hadn't finished speaking before being interrupted, and he opened his mouth unhappily, "Damn it, when did I say I wasn't going? You idiot, I wouldn't feel at ease leaving this to you."
"What did you say! You're the idiot. Saiki and I don't need your help." Yoshii Akihisa replied disdainfully.
(So I'm asking again, when did I say I was going to look for it?)
"Hmph! If I say I'm helping, then I'm definitely helping. Saiki and I will definitely find it before you. Don't you worry about it, you i～diot."
Yoshii Akihisa: "What did you say (ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)"
Sakamoto Yuuji: "What about it (눈益눈)"
Tsuchiya Kouta: "I really can't deal with you two ╮(￣⊿￣)╭."
(You're going to look too?!)
"Fine! We'll definitely find it before you. Let's go, Saiki." After saying that, Yoshii Akihisa turned and left without even asking what the dog looked like.
(Well then, see you tomorrow, Akihisa.)
"What an idiot, just leaving without even asking for details. Tell me the features, little miss." Sakamoto Yuuji rubbed his forehead and asked the little girl in front of him.
Little girl: "Kaze-kun has brown fur from the upper body to the tail, small eyes, and white from the nose to the paws."
Sakamoto Yuuji scribbled furiously, his drawing speed getting faster and faster. After a moment, "Done."
(Yare yare, as expected of Sakamoto. He's not as dumb as Yoshii.)
"Pretty much like this." Saiki and Tsuchiya stepped forward to look at the version of the drawing.
Sakamoto picked up the drawing and showed it to Saiki: "How's this?"
"Like that, huh."
[Well, at least you can tell it's a dog.]
Sakamoto Yuuji grabbed the drawing and ran outside: "Alright, let's go make copies and start searching, Saiki."
Saiki looked in the direction Sakamoto Yuuji ran off, thinking to himself that with this method, it might take forever to find it.
(See you tomorrow, Sakamoto.)
At that moment, the little girl in front of Saiki tugged at his pants worriedly and asked, "Hey hey, big brother, will I still be able to find Kaze-kun? Big brother said you'd find him, right?"
[This…]
Tsuchiya Kouta put a hand on the little girl's shoulder with a face full of sorrow and said, "Sometimes giving up is also a choice. Kuze-kun, with its spirit in heaven, definitely wouldn't want to see you like this."
(It's called Kaze-kun, isn't it? And it's not even dead yet. If you don't know how to comfort someone, don't try—hey, this kid's about to cry.)
The little girl rubbed her eyes. "Wuu∽wuu, it's called Kaze-kun."
(Sigh! She really is crying.)
Tsuchiya Kouta stood up. "Alright, time to head home."
Saiki grabbed Tsuchiya Kouta's shoulder. [Hey hey hey! Where do you think you're going? You made the little girl cry and now you want to leave, you pervert? Weren't you going to help look for the dog?]
Tsuchiya Kouta turned back with a serious look: "I'm not interested in little girls."
[No one asked if you're interested in little girls. If you were, I'd have to call the police. Anyway, you're helping me look for the dog too.]
"Sigh~ forget it, Saiki."
Saiki's face was cold and gloomy. [You—go—and—help.]
Tsuchiya Kouta waved his hand: "What a pain. Fine, I got it. Let's look together then!"
Saiki pointed ahead. [We'll split up to search. Meet back here later.]
"Oh." Then Tsuchiya Kouta walked forward with absolutely zero motivation.
(For investigating something like this, it's better to let a peeping tom like him handle it.)
[You wait here. I'll go help look. We'll find it.]
Saiki said something to the little girl and walked toward the restroom.
[Since I already know, I can't just ignore it.]
Saiki picked up a notebook.
[But having those three look for it, who knows how long it'll take. Seriously, I guess I'll try using Psychography.]
Psychography: Can instantly project whatever is imagined in the mind, but if something else comes to mind during the process, it will fail and project that other thing instead.
The notebook in Saiki's hand instantly showed Yoshii Akihisa happily hugging someone else's small dog. The dog even had a collar on, and the dog's owner was charging furiously behind him.
(Yare yare, failed. How did I instantly picture Yoshii? What an idiot. Seriously, causing trouble for others again. It's just looking for a dog. If it were Sakamoto, probably…)
Until the next second: Sakamoto Yuuji was talking with a young girl while holding the drawing, when suddenly a long-haired woman appeared behind him, glaring furiously and preparing to make a move on him.
[Seriously, looks like Sakamoto won't work either. And his situation looks pretty bad—like he's about to get attacked. But… whatever, never mind. I wonder how Tsuchiya's investigation is going.]
Soon the scene revealed: Tsuchiya Kouta holding a camera, taking photos up a young girl's skirt, nosebleeding furiously while wriggling his butt. A police officer was standing right nearby.
[That secretly perverted creep really is useless.]
After several attempts, Saiki Kusuo finally managed to psychograph the image. [Finally succeeded. What a pain. Now I just don't know the location. It's hard to pinpoint the dog right now.]
As Saiki looked at it, he suddenly noticed…
Ten minutes later, Saiki Kusuo arrived in front of the little girl, holding a dog in his arms.
The girl sensed someone and instantly looked up: "Ah, it's Kaze-kun! I was so worried about you, seriously."
(Yare yare, finally found it.) Saiki saw this scene and the corner of his mouth curved up slightly.
"Thank you, big brother."
[If you're going to thank someone, thank those three. Thanks to them that we found this dog. Mm, you also played about 2% of the role.]
Saiki had just seen it in the psychographed scenes of Sakamoto Yuuji, Tsuchiya Kouta, and Yoshii Akihisa—the information in the corners of their images.
The other three also came running over: "Saiki."
(I really didn't expect it. I actually got help from them. But you guys would never dream that this happened.)
Sakamoto Yuuji: "Sorry, I ran into a little trouble earlier. Didn't have much time to search. It was really dangerous."
Tsuchiya Kouta: "So? Did you find it?"
Yoshii Akihisa: "Seriously, earlier I hugged the wrong person's dog and almost got dragged to the police station."
The little girl turned to the three behind her and said: "Big brothers, thank you. If it weren't for you guys, I wouldn't have found Kaze-kun either."
Tsuchiya Kouta put on a face like he'd accomplished something great: "No need to thank me. I didn't really help much."
(Well! If you're going to say that, then I can't argue. Also, look behind you.)
Directly behind him, a police officer had a hand on Tsuchiya Kouta's shoulder, thumb pointing toward the direction of the police station: "Come with me."
Tsuchiya Kouta once again put on a serious, solemn face: "I already explained, my body just moved on its own. I just have eyes that discover beautiful things, and a pair… wait, don't grab me, I can explain!"
The little girl looked at Saiki Kusuo. "Aren't you going to save your friend?"
Saiki Kusuo glanced at the three in front of him. [Friends? Even if something like this happens, I feel like we still won't become friends. After all, just from before…]
The little girl continued right after: "Kaze-kun and I have been friends since we were little. That won't change."
When Saiki Kusuo heard that, his eyes gave off a faint glimmer after eating coffee jelly… or not.