Chapter 1 Consultation

"What a beautiful day! Sitting with my dear friends and drinking a beer after hard work is the highest pleasure of life!"

Yuzi casually picked up a string of scallion roasted chicken balls and took a bite of it, looking quite like a heroine among women!

"It's really rare to see you lately, I thought that the life of a cartoonist should be very leisurely, as long as the manuscript agreed with the publisher is completed on time, but after getting to know you, I realized that I really misunderstood the life of a cartoonist!"

Lin Xiu raised his wine glass and touched it with Yuzi, and then the two of them drank the wine in the glass together.

"Ah...... Skewer beer is really the highest enjoyment of life!"

"What, have you had any fun lately?"

As soon as Lin Xiu saw Yuzi's appearance of drinking happily, he couldn't help but wonder what made her so happy.

"Xiu Yijun, if I tell you that you will soon see the TV version of "Girl Criminal" on TV, will you think that I am whimsical?"

Yuzi proudly showed off to Lin Xiuyi, and then picked up the wine bottle again and filled the wine glass for Lin Xiuyi.

"It's a nice thing to do, but if you continue to drink like this, you'll have to spend the night with me tonight!"

"It's okay, I just want to go to the rich man's big house and have a good time. By the way, hasn't the apartment next door been sold yet?"

"Hey, it seems like this, what's wrong, are you going to move in?"

"yes, the rights to 'Girl Criminal' have been sold to the production company, and with this money, I should have enough money to pay for the down payment on that apartment. As long as I have my own house, I will never have to go back to Mie Prefecture to raise cattle......"

……

Soon after returning from Iwate Prefecture, Lin Xiu invited Miko, who he hadn't seen for a long time, to come out for a drink as soon as he had nothing to do. In addition to catching up with Yuzi, Lin Xiuyi also has an important thing to listen to Yuzi's opinion.

"Miko-chan, during spring break, Reina-chan joined the crew of "Island Female Doctor" according to Kanako's arrangement and became the substitute for the main actor Akemi Sonoji. Although it was not a long time, it was praised by many people, and Superintendent Mizukawa even suggested that I let Reina continue to work on the crew after the school started. Although this is Reina's life, I, as an older brother, am still a little relieved after all, so I would like to know what your opinion is!"

Lin Xiuyi put down his wine glass, and suddenly consulted Yuzi seriously about this problem that bothered him.

"Have you asked Reina-chan what she thinks?"

Miko didn't answer Lin Shuichi's question directly, but first asked Reina what she thought. In fact, Lin Xiuyi had also consulted Ling Nai's opinion on this matter before. Reina also seems to enjoy the time spent with Akemi when she was on the set!, but when Lin Xiuyi directly asked Reina what she thought, Reina gave an ambiguous answer.

"It's okay, this kind of thing, just let my brother decide!"

Does Reina-chan not know if she likes to be a substitute for the crew, or is Rena just reluctant to leave you?

"I don't know, I don't think she will tell me this kind of problem!"

After Lin Xiuyi sighed, he raised his wine glass again and drank bitterly. However, Lin Xiuyi obviously misestimated the amount of alcohol that Miko had. Just after the two of them drank a bottle of beer together, Miko, who had not had enough alcohol, suddenly collapsed on the table and couldn't stand up anymore!

……

The next morning, when Miko opened her eyes again, she was greeted by a completely unfamiliar picture. She remembered it for a while, and then she remembered where she was.

"Reina-chan?"

"Xiu Yijun?"

Sadly, there was no response from the two in the room. This made Miko, who felt a little strange, quickly leave the room.

"Reina-chan?"

"Xiu Yijun?"

After calling again to no avail, Miko finally found his breakfast and a note on the dining table of Lin Xiu's family.

"We're going to work (school), so let's take care of our house after breakfast!"

Looking at the shape of the cat's ears drawn above the name at the end of the note, Miko couldn't help but feel very happy. Because the design of this signature also has a credit to Miko.

"Okay, let's become neighbors again sooner!"

……

In Meguro Ward, Tokyo, outside a charred and dilapidated house, police cars for fire fighting are already around at this moment. Firefighters are now carefully examining the burned rubble.

"Have you found the cause of the fire?"

Aizawa stepped into the ruins of the cordon with shoe covers and flowers. Then I couldn't wait to ask my colleagues in the forensic class about the situation.

"It's unclear, but it's suspected that the gas was used inappropriately. The victim was an elderly man who lived alone, and when we arrived at the scene, we found a kettle full of water placed on the gas stove. Therefore, we suspect that this was just an unfortunate accident. It is possible that the cause of the accident was that the victim forgot about the kettle while boiling the water. This caused boiling water to spill out of the kettle, extinguishing the open flame on the gas stove. When the gas completely fills the whole room, all it takes is a little open flame to detonate the whole house......"

After hearing the other party's introduction, Hanagata recorded the key points raised by his colleagues in the identification class into the notebook he carried with him. Then the two men went to the corpse, and after a moment of silence, they opened the body bag containing the corpse.

"It's really pitiful, at such an old age, I don't even have anyone around to take care of me. Hanagata said to Aizawa with some sympathy, and then folded his hands and saluted the victim.

"It must have been an unfortunate accident! In that case, we can treat it as an accidental death. Aizawa replied to Hanagata with some emotion. The two then stood up and left the scene.

Recently, because the superiors have not confirmed the new chief of the second department of sexual crimes. So Hanagata and Aizawa were temporarily seconded by the Shenmu Police Department to the Search Lesson Seven Series to help. And Urashima naturally can't continue to follow Hanagata and Aizawa to experience his own lessons. Because of sympathy, Lin Shuichi chose to temporarily accept Urashima Yuto as a new member of the special search department. However, neither Lin Shuichi nor Miki gave up their plans to send Urashima back to the Metropolitan Police Department.