I still am not quite sure why we're here? Its like the author decided he wanted to do this daycare scene first and then tried to come up with the quickest route there after lmfao Like everything makes...logistical sense, I guess? Its just very weird execution from a storytelling perspective.
I mean its not THAT weird by itself to have an unintroduced character randomly show up and coerce a lead into doing something, put in a loose definition thats usually how you get arc to arc in stories like these. Its more that the way the girl was written was like she had been here the whole time and was a moving part in the story. I had to go back to previous chapters to double check I wasnt insane.