"Your wine," he said, taking the time to ask for three glasses of ruby wine from a plate held by a passing waiter, one to me, one for himself, and the last to Masako, the little beauty who was obviously with me all the way, "and this delightful young lady." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Thank you, thank you......"

A glass of wine and a casual greeting coaxed the female high school student who thought she was much more mature, and I took the glass and tasted it while threatening: "Young man, you are very calm." ”

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"I don't find a hunting gaze in your eyes," I continued my nonsense, "and that's good, that shows you've restrained a lot." ”

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"That old but charming lady is your new customer? Hope it doesn't disturb your business. ”

"Love, Miss Alice, it is my honor to call you, and I can only be sorry for Miss Takako for the time being." After being swallowed twice, he seemed to regain a sense of composure.

"Yes, I need you to be in this state," I was about to pat him on the shoulder to show friendship and encouragement, but found that not standing on tiptoe would make the posture very strange, but tiptoe itself was strange enough, so I could only smile back, "You're not busy tonight, are you?" I want you to do us a small favor. ”

"No, not busy, of course not busy, to be able to serve the most dazzling young lady in the entire hall, no amount of busyness can compare to this enviable opportunity."

"Busyness is your chance," I know very well, "It's a very simple favor, teach a little bit of your calmness and public relations skills to this Miss Masako next to me, and by the way, take her to familiarize herself with the environment and learn how to communicate with these people." ”

"Ellie, Lord Alice! I, I think, no, not big, okay? Masako seemed to be more nervous.

"What's wrong, this kind of difficult skill can only be taught with the help of professionals, unfortunately I am a beginner in this area, of course, if you are afraid that Mr. Ryuichi's light will be too dazzling and stab your heart that has not grown strong enough, you should seize this opportunity."

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"By the way, did you come to this occasion with that noble lady or another noble lady, or did you come to the dinner party at the police department in your own capacity?" I'm going to inquire about Ryuichi's role.

"Well, half, half, one of the sake brewers at the Tokyo Metropolitan Hotel is me and our family," Ryuichi revealed with trepidation and pride, "including the one you punished last time." ”

"I hope you two don't have physical problems."

"No, no, no, of course there is no problem."

"Alright, you guys, go ahead and do whatever you want, I need to stay here and take a closer look at everyone here."

The words were accompanied by the thoughts that were secretly passed on to Masako, and let her grasp the timing and strength of the information herself, and it didn't matter if she was suspected, at most she was a spy who spied on trade secrets, and besides, after last night's alternating exchanges with Reimu, Kobayashi, and the succubus, these secrets or experiences such as outside business operations were no longer so attractive to me - in fact, I guess I had roughly figured out what these officials and business people might be doing, The next thing is to wait for the timing of the kidnapping of the senior official of the National Police Agency and the news of Kobayashi, and by the way, let the professional public relations Ryuichi help teach Masako-san, who is seriously lacking in social experience.

"But, I really don't know what to do......" Masako approached me again, casting a pleading gaze into my eyes.

"This gentleman is here to help you."

The sunny youth finally reacted, "I, I'll help you, this, uh, Miss Masako, help you integrate into them, believe me, it's not difficult to talk to those people, not to mention that a touching lady like you wants to take the initiative to integrate into their communication." He pointed to the ladies and gentlemen in the hall who were talking in groups, laughing heartily or coquettishly from time to time.

"Well, I almost forgot the most important point," the young man turned back and asked before leading the cramped girl away, "How shall I introduce this Miss Masako to others?" You understand that a definite identity is easier for people to be relieved of their hearts than a beautiful girl with a mysterious origin. ”

"Yes, is that so," I realized in a flash that Mr. Ryuichi's words made perfect sense, "and then introduce it like this, Edogawa...... Miss assistant from the detective agency? This identity is very suitable for the occasion of the National Police Agency dinner, and I will find someone to confirm this identity, but I think no one is stupid enough to call and consult a real person on the spot. ”

"Edogawa Detective Agency?" After being stunned for a while, the young man didn't seem to have heard of such an organization, "Is this okay?" ”

"Since that professional detective has boasted about his career, I think many people know about him, so you can introduce him like this."

"Masako-san?" He faced Masako again.

"Yes, yes." The progress of the practice after many days began to show good results, and she finally calmed her nervousness and resigned herself to her orders.

The young man of Sunshine led the maiden who had gone to the sea for the first time into the crowd of well-dressed and gorgeous people, and began to search for prey in the sparkle of jewels and crystal chandeliers.

There were six or seven people in the small circle that Ryuichi initially found, most of them were women, and apparently he was going to start with the easy difficulty, and the hidden magic thread attached to Masako's shoulder eavesdropped on their non-nutritious conversation for a while, and learned that most of these people belonged to the textile industry, including the police uniform business in Tokyo and even several prefectures, and I think these people should be extremely successful high-class people.

Masako's conversation began with Ryuichi introducing the topic of police custom uniforms into fashion, although ordinary female high school students don't know much about the so-called fashion industry, but it is not difficult to integrate into the topic as an interested layman and inquirer, and seeing that she will not mess up and ruin the atmosphere and lead to rejection by the elite, I put aside the eavesdropping and began to concentrate on the people in the entire hall.

The closer to the start of the dinner became, the more crowded the visitors became, and I found that most of the people who came in could find acquaintances who greeted each other as they came in, and it was obvious that many of the people who had contact with the National Police Agency had some degree of relationship, and the circle was not small - there were nearly 100 people gathered in the hall - but it was not necessarily that big.

In many small circles and large circles, among the elites who each hold a glass of red wine or juice, there seems to be a faint tendency to be led by someone or a few people, and these people who are flattered the most are probably the top of the big chaebol, belonging to the kind of upper class who are specially curtailed by Ryuichi and Konoe Isamu Lover's lover or offer special deals, and spend some time in the dinner hall, even if they do nothing, just paying attention to the conversation of a few groups of people, which is enough to give people a lot of insight into the workings of society in the outside world.

For example, more than 80 percent of the National Police Agency's largest orders -- orders for police equipment -- were given to a handful of heavy industry groups controlled by two or three chaebols, and the rest were dispersed to more small companies in accordance with the principles of anti-monopoly and ******.

The representatives of these two or three chaebols were divided into several circles in the hall, each gathering a number of people who were chatting or doing business, and these circles undoubtedly had the highest influence among all those present.

These representatives of large and small business entities seem to have a strong influence on the National Police Agency itself, and I even overheard some people touting the leader who can determine the future of the National Police Agency, although I don't know whether it is true or not, I think that Hojo is not a big person who determines the profit or loss fate of these business partners, on the contrary, these people have a great influence on the stability and even promotion of Hojo Hiko.

I felt more and more that since Hojohiko had held this banquet in the name of the National Police Agency, it was inevitable that he would show up in person to deepen his relationship with his collaborators, and that it might be superfluous for Kobayashi to ensure that Chief Hojo attended.

"Miss, could you please do a dance?" When the new piano music played, a young baritone next to me pulled me out of my intently eavesdropping and observing.