"Welcome! Are you alone?"

"No!"

……

When Lin Xiuyi arrived at a tavern located in Shirokane Takanawa as agreed, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Yuan Zhizhu sitting in front of the bar not far away and beckoning to him. Seeing that the person he wanted to see had arrived, Lin Xiuyi went straight to the position next to Yuan Zhizhu and sat down.

"I'm so sorry to ask you out at this time!"

Yuan Zhizhu drank sake by himself, and whispered to Lin Xiuyi without looking back.

"Nothing, anyway...... I can't do anything now!"

Lin Xiu replied disheartenedly, and then asked for the same meal as Yuan Zhizhu. When the shopkeeper asked Lin Xiuyi's preferences, he immediately turned around and left. Yuan Zhizhu lowered his voice and whispered to Lin Xiuyi:

"Do you remember what you asked me to do for you to investigate?"

"Huh?"

"Regarding Saori Sakuraiwa's household registration information, in addition to the relevant data consulted by the Shinjuku Office recently, the Third Public Security Division has also investigated the woman."

As soon as Yuan Zhizhu's words fell, he then took out a USB flash drive from his pocket and quietly put it on the table, then he stood up and said to the boss:

"Checkout!"

……

When Lin Xiuyi returned to his residence with the USB flash drive, as soon as he entered the door, he couldn't wait to insert the USB flash drive into his computer, and soon, Lin Xiuyi saw the files left in the USB flash drive.

"Three Lessons ...... Public Security"

"Sure enough, it was planned in advance......"

……

After Lin Xiuyi carefully read the documents in the USB flash drive, he habitually leaned back on the back of the chair, but at this moment, his eyes suddenly focused on the pottery bowl that Shoji Kuroda gave him.

"Clay bowls?"

As soon as Lin Xiu saw the pottery bowl, he then reached out with some curiosity and casually took it off the bookshelf.

This is a tea bowl used for the tea ceremony, the shape is simple and generous, to be honest, Lin Xiuyi is not very familiar with pottery. So he couldn't see what was so good about this pottery bowl. Ever since Lin Shuichi received this pottery bowl from Shoji Kuroda, he has kept it at home. Today, it was the first time that Lin Xiuyi had taken a serious look at this pottery bowl. I saw him turn on the lamp on his desk, and then looked at the pottery bowl seriously with the help of the lamp.

"It feels like it's thicker in some places and thinner in others, isn't it...... Did you do it on purpose?"

Lin Xiuyi was a little curious and put the pottery bowl under the table lamp, and soon the faint light of the table lamp shone on the table through the relatively thin place on the pottery bowl. That's when ...... A strange pattern suddenly caught Lin Xiuyi's attention.

"It's ...... Wind...... Bath ...... key?"

"Bath, key?"

……

Suddenly seeing the last message left by Shoji Kuroda, Lin Shuichi couldn't help but stand up from his chair in surprise.

"The bath, the key, the key to the bath......? All these important things are kept in a locker in a bathhouse somewhere?"

As soon as Lin Xiu thought of this, his already disheartened mood couldn't help but become a little excited.

"Do you mean...... What else did Shoji Kuroda have to hide in the locker in the bathhouse......? There are so many bathhouses in Tokyo, if there are such things, where would they be hidden?"

Lin Xiu thought for a moment, then put the bowl back on the lamp and examined it carefully, but unfortunately, no matter how carefully Lin Xiu checked it, he was never able to find more clues on the pottery bowl. But...... The meaning of these hiragana names left on the pottery bowl alone was enough to make Lin Xiuyi feel very shocked.

"Ah...... I really don't know if the people in the public security have found this clue now, if those guys also knew, this case would be really troublesome!"

As soon as Lin Xiu thought of this, he picked up the phone at hand with some hesitation, and at this moment, he realized that it was already late at night. Thinking of this, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but put the phone back a little back.

"Forget it, it's all about work, and it's urgent right now, so ...... There shouldn't be any problems!"

Lin Xiu thought of this, and then picked up the phone again and found Jingzi's phone.

"Moses Moses?"

Hearing a slightly lazy voice on the phone, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but ...... After a little hesitation, he still mustered up the courage to say to Keiko:

"Chief Cabinet Secretary...... That one...... There's something important I want to ask you in person, I don't know...... You!"

"Huh, now?"

"Hey, I'm sorry to bother you by contacting you at this time!"

"It's okay, that...... You can come by yourself, you don't think you have been here at my current address in Hanzomon!"

"Hey! but ...... I guess I shouldn't have a problem, then...... Can I go over now?"

"Hmm...... Give me a call when you arrive, I'll be waiting for you outside!"

……

Because of the seriousness of the problem, Lin Xiuyi felt that it was better to report this matter to Jingzi in person. So he picked up the pottery bowl and left the house in a hurry.

When Lin Xiuyi drove to Jingzi's official residence in Hanzangmen overnight, as soon as he got out of the car, Lin Xiuyi saw Jingzi standing in the cold wind waiting for his arrival. Somewhat surprised by this scene, Lin Xiu quickly parked the car on the side of the road when he saw this, then stepped down from the car and saluted Jingzi.

"I'm so sorry to bother you so late......"

"No...... I'm the one who should say I'm sorry...... In fact...... I also have something I want to tell you...... Now that things have come to this point, I think ...... I'd better confess to you!"

"Huh?"

Hearing Keiko suddenly say this somewhat strange sentence. Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but feel a little surprised. But...... Jingzi just saluted him, and then stretched out his hand to invite Lin Xiuyi into the house. Seeing this, Lin Xiu hurriedly returned the salute, and then followed behind Jingzi and walked into his new home for the first time.

As a high-ranking bureaucrat of the National Police Agency, Keiko's current residence is an official residence provided by the government. When Lin Xiuyi entered the inconspicuous two-story building with some restraint, he saw that many items in the house seemed to have been wrapped in cardboard boxes from the moving company. Seeing this situation, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but ask in surprise:

"Cabinet Chief, ...... you"

"I'm sorry, but I just heard that the Public Safety Committee has decided on a new chief cabinet secretary, and if nothing else, I may have to resign as chief cabinet secretary in a while. ”