Uesugi Kiyoshi's words, in Japan, which advocates "restraint", "modesty", and "politeness", are basically pointing at people's noses and scolding the street.

As if sensing the heaviness of the atmosphere, the smile on Akutagawa Ryunosuke's face grew, and he shook his head slightly, his expression did not become nervous.

"Take it easy, Uesugi-kun, I'm not your enemy."

“...”

"At least not yet."

Ryunosuke Akutagawa spread his hands, signaling Uesugi Kiyoshi to be calm and calm, and his words were meaningful.

"Okay, okay, since you're so resistant, let's change the subject."

"First of all, Uesugi-kun, could you please explain why you appeared at Yokota House at that point in time? Don't tell me I'm on my way home. ”

Ryunosuke Akutagawa got serious and asked a question that looked like an interrogating police officer.

Uesugi Kiyoshi already had a draft of these answers in his heart, and he answered them without thinking.

"Because Apricot told me that her uncle has become very strange in the past few months, and at the same time has a very strange worship behavior, and she is often scolded by her aunt at home, I am afraid that she has been wronged, so I decided to send her home, if I have the opportunity, I want to negotiate with her uncle and aunt to try to change their attitude towards Apricots."

Ryunosuke Akutagawa's smile became gossipy, and he lengthened his tone and let out a frustrated "oh".

"Then, I take the liberty of asking, what is the relationship between Kyoko Nohara and Uesugi-kun..."

"Apricot just confessed to me at noon today."

Uesugi Kiyoshi played a word game, and did not admit or deny Akutagawa Ryunosuke's question.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke had a "I understand" expression on his face, and his expression became ambiguous.

"Well, does the hero save the beauty? It's something that a teenager of this age can do. ”

"So, the reason why you appeared at the scene, I understand, your motive for making a move - you said, it was for self-defense, which is reasonable, Yokotano is indeed a murderer, maybe a madman."

"Don't worry, you are a person who understands, I can't put the charge of murder on you, even if I have the heart to embarrass you, it will cause you a little trouble at most, I won't do that kind of meaningless thing, and we don't have a deep hatred."

"What I'm trying to figure out is... How did you kill--"

"Oh, I'm sorry, but how you [defeated] Yokodano."

Stating his ultimate goal, Ryunosuke Akutagawa stared at Uesugi Kiyoshi with burning eyes, expecting his answer.

That's right, he's here for two reasons.

First, he needs to find out Uesugi Kiyoshi's strength in general.

Second, after figuring out Uesugi Kiyoshi's strength, he needs to think about how to recruit such a good seedling into the organization, so as not to cheapen others.

For this problem, Uesugi Kiyoshi has long been prepared.

"I have the new Yin Flow's exemption from all the seals, I have been practicing kendo since I was a child, and it has been more than ten years of cold and summer, if I don't even have the basic strength to fight the enemy, I am too sorry for my hard work for more than ten years."

When he said this, Uesugi Kiyoshi just showed a hint of young pride, and his expression was very natural.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa shook his head slightly, as if he did not agree with Uesugi Kiyoshi's statement.

"There is a limit to kendo, Uesugi-kun, I know a lot of colleagues in the police system who are studying kendo, not the kind of competitive kendo, but the real ancient kendo."

"The so-called swordsmanship is nothing more than the skill of killing, and the time when the killing skill can make a contribution is when the physical fitness of both parties is roughly the same."

"Yokota's autopsy results and the results of the survey of the scene have come out, and we have done a basic threat assessment of him through the damage he caused."

"It's hard to speculate on the specific physical strength, but this person's speed and strength are probably more than three times that of ordinary people - you are practicing martial arts, what kind of concept is this, I don't need to add it, right?"

"In a fighting competition, you are not a heavyweight fighter, there is no suspense about the outcome of the fight, and when there is such a huge difference in physical fitness, you want to fool yourself with a sentence of kendo, and you can't help but look down on people too much."

"I don't embarrass you, Uesugi-kun, tell me how you brought down Yokodano and you can go, as does your little girlfriend."

"I'm not asking too much, am I?"

Uesugi Kiyoshi frowned, silently counted for a few seconds, and shook his head slightly.

"I don't have anything to say, Akutagawa Police Department, I said, it wasn't me who killed Mr. Yokota, he may have had something wrong with himself, and many wounds suddenly opened on his body, and blood gushed like a spring, and he suddenly collapsed."

"Moreover, his condition is also very wrong, IMHO, he was not quite human at that time."

"He even had strange horns on his forehead, which I thought was my hallucination."

"There's only so much I know, and even if you ask me more, I can't say anything else."

Uesugi Kiyoshi is too lazy to use honorific titles for Akutagawa Ryunosuke, he always feels that this Akutagawa Police Department is a little strange, and what he asks is not what ordinary police officers should ask at all.

He even felt that Ryunosuke Akutagawa seemed to be more interested in himself than Yokotano.

That didn't bode well, and he smelled trouble.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa also felt a little tricky about Uesugi Kiyoshi's lack of oil and salt - this teenager didn't eat hard and soft, and he didn't look like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old high school student at all.

If I hadn't known his details a long time ago, I am afraid that I would not have found any clues, and I could be easily fooled by him.

He sighed, looked at his watch, and felt that if he continued to be entangled like this, he was afraid that there would be no result, so he decided to go straight in.

"I understand, I can understand that Uesugi-kun is wary of me, so in that case, I'll make it clear."

"Is Uesugi-kun interested in doing some part-time jobs? I think you seem to be short of money? ”

Uesugi Kiyoshi was stunned for a moment by Akutagawa Ryunosuke's change of topic, and repeated these two words with some confusion.

"Part-time?"

From homicide cases to part-time jobs, this span is also too large.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa nodded affirmatively and stood up.

"Uesugi-kun, aren't you curious about why Yokodano became like that?"

"Is the world really as peaceful as you see?"

"With your ancient swordsmanship, can you really bear to treasure him as a dragon slaying technique, and you can't use it for life?"

"You've seen a lot of gore today, haven't you..."

"That..."

"What more would you like to see?"

Ryunosuke Akutagawa slammed the black jade cane to the ground, making a crisp jade crashing sound.

His gaze was a little bewitching, and he did not shy away from looking at Uesugi Kiyoshi and asked a few questions that Uesugi Kiyoshi did not expect.

"The world of ghosts and gods, the gate of transcendence."

"Uesugi-kun, if you're interested and want to take this step..."

"Please come with me, let's talk in another place."

After Akutagawa Ryunosuke said these words, in order to show his sincerity, he pointed with his cane, and the handcuffs on Uesugi Kiyoshi's hand fell in response, and with another wave of his hand, he took out a purple sword bag out of thin air - it was Uesugi Kiyoshi's wooden knife, which was gently placed in front of the original owner.

Then he turned and walked away.

He closed the door to the interrogation room, and the room fell silent.

Uesugi Kiyoshi digested Ryunosuke Akutagawa's words, and his eyes were full of thoughtfulness.

Half a minute later, he suddenly got up, held the ebony knife in his hand, and pushed the door out with firm steps.