The process of contact went smoothly, and in a few or two with Edogawa's employer, Masako's part-time job agreement and Mr. Arima's request for entrustment were finalized, and I could probably tell from his nonchalant tone that the work he intended Masako-san to do was nothing more than simple household chores such as boiling water, making tea, and cleaning—and it seemed that he was not going to pay his salary. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"So, if you want to have the opportunity to do something meaningful, you still have to show practical value on your own," I told her indifferently, "otherwise you should quit your job when you get tired of doing housework." ”

"I'll try!"

The ideal is heavenly, and the Asian American classmate also said so.

In addition, Edogawa's voice is still quite tired, is he tracking down the murderer or is he doing something else? Anyway, I haven't instructed Kobayashi to reveal the source of the jade magic weapon to Edogawa, and he should be doing something else.

The dinner didn't last long -- compared to the series of activities before the official start -- and the theme of the dinner was originally exchange, and even the business cooperation that was negotiated on the spot and the contract was signed was quite a lot of deals, even if the regret rate was as high as half, I guess the turnover of this exchange dinner was quite a terrible number.

Belch...... It seems that the integration of my spiritual will into the intertwined thoughts of the social elite has caused me a lot, and the test is still going on silently, and it is not a good phenomenon that there is no sense of crisis, and I have to be more energetic to get through this self-cultivation test of integrating with the entire external environment in which I live.

Keeping an eye on Hojohiko's direction from time to time, he was unsurprisingly always surrounded by a crowd of people, and as a representative of the organizers, he was a well-deserved center of the audience, and it was not feasible to try to use the distraction of everyone's attention during the meal to get close to Hojohiko and look for opportunities.

"I wanted you to pretend to be a friend to Toast Chief Hojo, but there are too many people and it seems that there is no chance," I said in a detective tone, touching my chin, "An ordinary vendor like Ryuichi has no chance to toast, except for the ability to handle relationships with elite women or elite ladies well, he is not qualified to be close to the center circle at all." ”

"Wait?"

"There's always going to be a chance, we're not in a hurry, we're just getting started."

While scanning the surroundings of Chief Hojo, I paid a little attention to it, and I didn't find the shadow of Fujiwara Shigeru, and even the black long straight and the beautiful girl he claimed to be pestering him were nowhere to be seen, maybe Fujiwara Brother had made the contradiction clear to the suitor and left separately? An attempt to do him a small favor had to be aborted - I suspect he had some connection to Fujiwara Trading Company.

The meals were taken down by the waiters one after another, and the hall returned to the high-class scene where almost everyone had a glass of red wine, without using any spells, but I also felt quite strangely maintaining an aura that almost no one was watching, causing the familiar face of Masako next to me to be quite mixed up because of Ryuichi's young introduction.

While introspecting whether there was something wrong with my practice, I motioned for Masako to follow me with a glass that did not comply with the law, and gradually approached the circle of Chief Hojo.

"Their topics are so ordinary, I thought they would discuss big issues such as the domestic economy and the international situation," Masako blinked to express her sense of boredom, "The weather is good, the dress is very energetic, and so on, so I can talk endlessly." ”

"It's not surprising that some people can write million-word tomes to explain why A is A, or something as self-explanatory."

“……”

As I approached, I felt a noticeable change in the atmosphere, and the closer I got to these big people, the less I felt the obvious desire to be revealed, was it because the hypocrisy of outsiders was of higher quality, which made it easier to disguise themselves, or did these people have a higher level of pursuit than ordinary residents? I think the latter component is a bit bigger.

"Alice!" Masako suddenly interrupted my experience and pointed out the door, "There are a few very strange people here. ”

"Huh?" I also noticeably felt the mood in the hall change, as many people noticed the door at the same time, "Ordinary black suits again?" But the mental state is obviously different from ordinary people, they seem to have come to arrest criminals? ”

"Are there any dangerous elements involved?"

"Based on my long observations of everyone in the hall, I don't think so."

"Ahh They're coming, and it's like ...... Coming for Hojohiko? ”

"Oh......," I made a bold guess, "there's a good show to watch, and I hope it doesn't interfere with our business." ”

There were a lot of outsiders outside the door, but most of them stayed outside, and only three black suits with a much more energetic spirit entered the hall after showing the small book that seemed to be a document to Menfan, and went straight to Hojohiko.

Hojohiko seemed very calm, but his internal physiological state had begun to deteriorate, I guess he had a bad premonition, he nodded to the Fujiwara commissioner and a few others beside him, and after everyone dispersed with an unknown look, he greeted the visitor alone, "How many are you?" ”

"Special Search Department Ninth Section," said the leader, who smiled professionally, and he seemed to do similar things often, "There are some minor problems, and I hope Mr. Hojo will cooperate with the investigation." ”

Sure enough, I thought to myself, I seemed to be unlucky or lucky to come across the legendary anti-corruption investigation, and the target was a big man who could be regarded as a big man, roughly analogous to a feudal viscount.

Could it be the actions of Ken Nakamura's faction? Quite possibly.

"Wow...... What should I do, Alice, I've only seen such a plot in a TV series," Masako panicked again, "If Hojohiko is taken away by them, will we have a way to get close to him?" ”

"Maybe it's simpler."

“？”

Hojohiko silently followed the three members of the Special Investigation Department out in the hall that had suddenly become quiet, and I didn't receive much negative emotional feedback such as schadenfreude, which proved that more people either had an indifferent attitude towards Hojohiko's officialdom disaster, or had some confidence in him, and everyone seemed to be accustomed to this, and did not think that Hojo Chief would leave the scene because of this.

Unfortunately, although I am not familiar with the bottom line and ceiling of factional struggles - I have already experienced the pursuit caused by factional struggles, and I think the bottom line can be even lower - but I am really not optimistic about what happened to Chief Hojo, most of what he encountered was not an ordinary report, and it was not so easy to cooperate with the investigation, as Minister Nakamura, who could not be contacted all day, was an indirect proof of this.

The old man in the officialdom in his fifties quickly calmed down during the process of being taken away, and when he left the hall, he looked like a politician who was not shocked.

"Miss Fran," Shingo Fujita, who seemed to have signs of rioting all over his body, appeared beside him, "When did the people from the Special Search Department and the Metropolitan Police Department collude?" Shouldn't this be a small change as you are talking about? But you seem to know something inside. ”

"You weren't taken along for the investigation?" I'm a little surprised by his seemingly uncaring detached position at the moment, "It seems that your relationship with Chief Hojo is indeed shallow." ”

"Yes, but he played a big role in the promotion of my system, and I can already be classified as Mr. Hojo's camp in the eyes of the other factions."

"Even so, you shouldn't be ignorant of the so-called insider, you are more familiar with the faction behind the deputy superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Department and the faction to which Chief Hojo belongs."

"Okay, I kind of get it, what about your plan?"

"Don't worry, I'll help you get the murderer," I began to ramble, "Now you don't do anything, I found out that Hojohiko and the people from the Special Search Department didn't leave the Tokyo Metropolitan Hotel, they ...... Upstairs? Hojohiko is now locked up alone in a room. ”

"Didn't they take Mr. Hojo away?" The Yokai Commander had already realized that this was a very bad omen.

"Hmph, I took him away on the pretext of cooperating with the investigation, but at the moment I locked him in a room in a big hotel and isolated him from the outside world, my hunch is coming again...... There will be no peace tonight. ”

“……”