This is the end of the matter.

After witnessing the disappearance of a person in person, this summer has also figured out how to explain to her boss who entrusted her to investigate the disappearance of Lelouch. Since Lelouch suddenly disappeared with a little girl, and Sawada said that there are currently zero people who have been "released from prison", it can be roughly deduced that the little girl is the one who can untie Lelouch's shackles, and maybe after helping him untie the shackles, they returned to their original world together? That was the best ending I could think of this summer.

After half a month, when he found Keigo Keibe again this summer, his attitude also changed a little subtly.

"You're amazing. Do you know what the outside call you? 'Butterfly Mulberry of Nitte Town'. Jibu rubbed the tears on his cheeks with his fingers, and smiled sweetly with a little helplessness: "I really can't help you, I thought you were a politician who only shouted propaganda slogans." No, it seems. ”

Hearing him say this this summer, his attitude became more serious: "To tell you the truth, I originally planned to just shout slogans. It's just that the more I see, the more I can't leave it alone, after all, Nit Town is indeed my jurisdiction, and it's my duty to figure out these things. ”

"Hawkers, I've seen that you're quite honest these days, I know that it's useless to play tricks with Uncle Ben, hum~" The trace department was really happy when he heard this, opened the small fan and fanned the wind, and said: "Very good, Uncle Ben will also cooperate with you casually." If there is anything you ask me to say, just say it! ”

Normally, shouldn't that sentence say, "I'll do my best if there's anything I can do to help you"! Uncle Jibe, how much you like to be begged.

This summer also laughed: "Ahh There's something I need to ask you for! ”

"Hahahaha." Listening to her words, Jibu smiled more cheerfully, and the wind from his fan was filled with a rich fragrance, which could only be distinguished as some kind of incense, not the thin aroma of perfume, but a more luxurious and heavy fragrance.

"You must have heard of the elite advisor who was very famous in Nit Town, named Lelouch, right? If so, would you like to give me a picture of him? "This summer simply said what I wanted.

"Huh? What do you want that kind of thing for? Without directly refusing, Keigo Kibe looked at her playfully, with a shining light in his eyes.

"Well, well. Create a little hope for others. There was no positive answer this summer, she solemnly bowed her head to him and bowed steadily: "Please." ”

Maybe I didn't expect to be so serious this summer, Keigo was stunned for a moment, and then said cheerfully, "Okay." He didn't ask again about the purpose of the photo, and he didn't take the opportunity to say something sarcastic, but said, "The way you bow your head to me for someone else's business is cute." The picture will be shown to you later, huh? ”

"That's great."

That day, I handed over to my boss this summer. The detailed reasons are omitted.

"Lelouch didn't go missing, he just went back to his hometown with his sister." When I handed over the photo this summer, I said, "I probably think it's too cruel to be separated from you in person, so I'm just leaving this one." If you've forgotten him, this picture will be kept forever by Kibe-san, but it seems that you can't forget him. Now, at last, it has been returned to its rightful owner. She opened her eyes and said nonsense, where did she come from, "things return to their original owners"!

The boss was very interested in this, staring at the photo for a long time, and finally sandwiched it in a book: "It's hard work." …… Your kindness, I have made a note of it. ”

Regarding such an exaggerated statement by his boss, there was no pretense of excuse this summer, but he smiled faintly and nodded. Accepting gratitude from others is not only a way to be satisfied, but also a way to make the person who is thanking you feel at ease. If you refuse to accept it, the other party is likely to think that you just feel that the time is not ripe, or, want to use this favor as a bargaining chip, one day in the future, the initial gratitude will become the trouble of returning the favor, in fact, in terms of results, there is no difference: if it is a responsible adult, this favor will definitely be returned. However, there is a difference in mood: one is the semi-coercion of moral kidnapping, and the other is voluntary.

Since Tsunayoshi Sawada left, the puzzle has gradually been solved, and this summer she has lost the motivation to go to Nit Town, and even the glamorous and bewitching Takasugi-chan makes her unable to lift her energy. It's as if she's back to before she first touched the taboo of Nit Town. She goes to and from work every day, goes out with her colleagues to pass the time to broaden her social interactions, and occasionally goes shopping alone, only when she returns home and takes a shower, staring at the ceiling with lilac wallpaper, her heart will be filled with emptiness this summer.

There are some things that you can't stop after touching them once. What is the fascinating magic of those squatters at home?

A week passed in a blur. This summer, when she felt that she had readjusted to the hectic rhythm of the outside world, and had quit the group of cute, colorful family squatting, another thing forced her to return to her own Net Town.

Although the victim who was attacked and disemboweled near the Konoha House was in good health after being rescued, he was in a very bad spirit, and he would always have nightmares that someone had opened his stomach and scraped off the fat from his stomach and intestines and stuffed it into his mouth, just like what happened to him that night. However, the victim could not say anything about the specific characteristics of the perpetrator, and when the police questioned him again, he would cry and scream and scratch and beat indiscriminately, and on several occasions the little nurse's hands were bruised, and it seemed that his spirit had been severely damaged.

As the mayor of the area this summer, in addition to apologizing for still not catching the culprit, he also needs to do something practical. But after all, she is not a police detective, and she is not good at murder, only patrol is what she can do. So, after discussion and negotiation with the police, she would walk around several main roads in Nit Town with the plainclothes police patrolling every day, and even if it didn't work, at least it was a thought.

It has only been a long time since the incident, and both the boss and the outside world have paid more attention to this case. In addition to the fact that the person concerned may have been too lucky not to die, the impact of this case is very bad, because the modus operandi is too cruel, which makes people think of the "Jack the Ripper" who caused a sensation in the world back then.

Sure...... It's not that Jack...... Definitely, right? Biting his lip this summer, he wasn't even sure what the chances of this brain hole would be a reality. Anyway, that Jack was a foreigner. It is impossible to cross the ocean to be tortured or something...... Right?

After two days of patrolling, I didn't get anything out this summer except that I couldn't help but yawn when I went to work. The police speculated that this was an act of revenge, because the victim had a bad reputation in Nittown, and the non-payment of counseling fees was one thing, and he always criticized other people's attitude to life with exaggerated rhetoric - that is, mocking people for being squatting at home. The most excessive time was to make a big deal with the help of an advisor and celebrate the success in the reception room. At that time, he opened an expensive bottle of champagne, but secretly replaced it with an ordinary red wine bottle he brought, and when he finally checked out, he claimed to have ordered only a cheap bottle of red wine...... That's right, this guy has done such embarrassing things, if he happens to be a poor man, he can explain that he has no money and wants to be vain, but he runs a supermarket chain, and he has built a □□ in a place like the capital, which has a theater and a game hall, which can be regarded as very rich. It is really disgraceful to have money but want to take advantage of this small advantage.

But even so, you can't open people's stomachs, and you can scrape out oil and stuff it into people's mouths. This summer sighed.

And that's not even the worst of it.

While there was no progress in the case here, a second victim appeared.

This time, it appeared in the area along the river on the east side, which is very far away from the Konoha House. It is not the western riverside area where this summer and Tsunayoshi first met, but the more barren east. Most of the people who live there are "purebred family squatters" - they don't even bother to do consulting work, they can't make ends meet all day, and they live entirely on welfare money. Most of the people who go to this neighborhood are not consulters, but just pass by along the way. The victim this time is still male, 35 years old. And just like last time, live well.

"It's incredible! The other party skillfully avoided the lethal organs, and quickly disemboweled, although this time there was no case of scraping the fat...... The patient had an apple in his stomach, yes, an apple! It's a miracle he's alive! The doctor said so.

This summer, as usual, I was scolded.

It may seem like none of her business, but it's her business: it's all because she didn't do a good job this summer, and there are such thugs in her precinct! It's all this summer's fault that the mob appeared! Bad policing is all this summer's fault – and, of course, the police chief's fault! It's all this summer's fault that no one was found! It's always raining outside and it's all summer's fault! The boss's bad breath is not cured this summer's fault!

Don't ask why, that's how the world works. There is no need to do anything this summer except for a press conference, a solemn apology and a profound review: apologies and reviews are her daily routine. But this time is more troublesome, because the nature of the case is becoming more and more complicated, if it is not solved by kuài, it is very likely that this summer's career will end.

This summer, I don't worry much about my career, and I don't worry about the guest who didn't die. After these two times, she felt that the reason why the guest was still alive was intentional by the perpetrator, and that he did not die at the time and will not die in the future. Rather than actually killing people, what the perverted murderer wants to do is to plunge the world into panic.

Does that make him amused?

As for why the murderer didn't kill someone, this summer also has her considerations: it is because if the guest dies, the murderer himself will increase the sentence. He just took advantage of a loophole, so that he didn't spare someone else's life because he still had the last bit of conscience.

Thinking that it was possible to face such a cunning and ferocious murderer, this summer couldn't help but think that with just a few plainclothes and her, it was very likely that he would not be able to catch the prisoner. If you watch the fight between Skylark and Tsunayoshi, you can understand that their skills, even the most professionally trained special forces, are nothing more than that. If the perpetrator's skills are also of this level, then ......

It is still necessary to go to the scene of the crime for the first time again. Even after collecting the evidence at the time, the ground had already been cleared, at least, there were some constants there, such as the geographical location, such as the members of the Konoha House.

Thinking of this floor, Jinxia couldn't help but purse her lips, and the direction of her feet turned, deviating from the patrol route she had planned to come to the vicinity of Konoha House.

When I first came here, this summer's thoughts were very simple: the murderer was too much, the victim was too pitiful, and I hoped to catch the murderer quickly, not only to give everyone an explanation, but also to save my job. Now, after she understands that it is not such a simple thing, when she looks around, her vision has changed.

The layout of the wooden leaf house allows it to accommodate at least 30 households. Its houses are two storeys higher than the surrounding ones, and even have a watchtower on top, although it is not in use. The style is the same as most of the buildings in Nit Town, and the flag is simple and clear, and it is a coat of arms like a vortex. There are very few houses with such a brief pattern as a coat of arms, and it is precisely because the profile is bright and recognizable.