"Good morning, Director!"

"Good morning, Yamada-kun, come to my house early in the morning and wait for me downstairs, it's really hard for you!"

"There, I can follow the director every day, I don't know how many people envy me......! Are we going to the police station now?"

"Uh...... Yamada-kun, can you take me to this place to have a look......"

As soon as Lin Xiu's words fell, he then handed the address he had obtained from the injured driver yesterday from the back seat to Daisuke Yamada.

"Huh...... I'm sorry, I don't know about this place, but ...... If you navigate, you should be able to find it!"

"Oh...... Thank you so much, Yamada-kun!"

……

When Yamada learned from Hayashi Shuichi that he was going to an art museum in Roppongi today, Yamada entered the address given to him by Hayashi Shuichi in the on-board navigation system, and soon the on-board system planned an optimal route.

More than half an hour later, when the car slowly stopped in a parking space on the side of Roppongi Street, Lin Shuichi refused Yamada's plan to go with him, and then picked up a beautiful box from the back seat and walked towards the Shun Art Museum across the road step by step.

"Welcome, excuse me...... Are you visiting the museum for the first time?"

"Uh...... Hey, that ...... I have a clay bowl here, if I can, I would like to ask you to help me identify it here, please...... Is that okay?"

"Huh...... Then please wait a moment over here, and I'll go and call the store manager for you!"

"Ah...... Then there will be work!"

When Lin Xiuyi was arranged by the staff of the store to sit down on the sofa on the side, the other party first brought Lin Xiuyi a glass of lemonade, and then turned around to say goodbye to Lin Xiuyi and left the exhibition hall. And Lin Xiuyi only took care of the layout of this art museum at this time. At this time, an art museum transformed from a small storefront, although it is said to be an art museum, but it is actually a small shop that mainly sells goods, but there is a large space for each product to be arranged, in addition to ceramics, this art museum seems to also deal in wrought iron works and lighting. At first glance, the house does not have the cramped feeling of being full of goods like ordinary small shops, but rather gives people a sense of emptiness as if they were wandering through an art museum.

"I'm so sorry. I've kept you waiting, I'm the store manager here, Hedongxing, may I ask...... How can I help you?"

Just as Lin Xiuyi was looking at the furnishings in the store, a young man who looked to be about thirty years old and was dressed suddenly came to Lin Xiuyi's side, accompanied by the clerk just now, and then took the initiative to ask Lin Xiuyi about his needs.

"Ah...... I'm sorry, but I took the liberty to visit, but it was mainly because I received a pottery bowl as a gift from a friend a while ago, and I was surprised to learn that it seemed to be bought from you, so ...... I just want you to see if the pottery bowl was sold from you?"

"I see, so...... Excuse me...... May I take a look at this bowl?"

"Uh...... Hey, of course!"

As soon as Lin Xiu heard that the other party was willing to provide convenience, he immediately couldn't wait to open the exquisite packaging box he brought, and then took out the pottery bowl that Kuroda Shoji gave him from the box and gently placed it on the coffee table.

"Oh...... It's really a beautiful pottery bowl, it looks ...... It's supposed to be handmade......"

As he spoke, the store manager He Dong gently picked up the bowl, and then pointed to the pattern on it and said to Lin Xiuyi seriously.

"So...... Did you sell this bowl?"

Seeing that the other party seemed to see some doorways, Lin Xiuyi couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and then took the initiative to ask, hearing Lin Xiuyi's question, the store manager He Dong first thought about it, and then said to Lin Xiuyi with some uncertainty:

"That...... I'm not entirely sure, but I can pretty much assume that the bowl wasn't sold from us,...... If I'm not mistaken, this pottery bowl was made by Mr. Kuroda who lives in seclusion in Yukiyama!

"Mr. Kuroda?"

Hear the other party suddenly mention this surname. Lin Xiuyi's heart couldn't help but be overjoyed, but ...... His expression was still calm.

"Hey, it's Mr. Kuroda, and to be honest, he's not a very famous potter, he doesn't have a teacher, and he doesn't have any award-winning works, but ...... Our art gallery was not originally for those masters, so ...... There are many talented and unknown artists like Mr. Kuroda who like to store their works in our shop, and this is the unique way we run the museum......

"Oh...... So that's it...... I'm sure you know Mr. Kuroda, too?"

"Uh...... I'm ashamed to say that we have always been in contact with Kuroda by mail, but if he wants to put a good piece on consignment with us, it is usually sent by someone from the shipping company. ”

"You haven't seen the potter, I thought you must have seen him!"

"Hey...... I'm ashamed, excuse me...... Is there anything else you can do?"

"Uh...... By the way, I would like to know if this is usually the case, such as ...... Could there be any artist who has ever consigned goods from you and occasionally used you to source some ingredients, such as...... What kind of clay do you need to make pottery?"

"Ah...... Speaking of which...... There is actually some clay in the warehouse, which Mr. Kuroda asked us to keep for the time being......"

"Really?"

"Hey, I was supposed to let someone from the freight company send it away last night, but ...... It seems that last night's parade went a little wrong for some reason, so it ...... The clay is still with me for the time being!"

"Really......? Can you show me around?"

"Uh...... Guest, this ...... I'm afraid it's not convenient!"

"That's right, I'm really causing you trouble, but...... I'm sorry, but I'm actually the police officer in charge of investigating a case at the Shinjuku Central Office, and I suspect that the material evidence that is temporarily stored in your warehouse may be some important physical evidence......"