The meeting place was chosen at a coffee shop in Shibuya Ward, and it was already the first day of December, the first day of the year-end month, and there was an atmosphere of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. It was after a lot of mental preparation that Hero Sato finally agreed to Miyamoto's proposal to serve as their sister's so-called private detective. But for today's meeting, based on the principle of confidentiality, the other party does not plan to go into battle together, but to replace Mito Aoyama in charge.

Sato has no objection to this arrangement, because although he is not yet clear about the specific relationship between the two sisters, it is definitely Mito Aoyama who dominates. However, as a new information obtained by gaining initial trust, it is inevitable that Sato will hesitate a little, after all, the combination of a wealthy daughter and a down-and-out orphan girl is really too dramatic.

"Sato-san, good morning."

Sato's musings were broken by a bright greeting, and he looked up to see a twenty-year-old girl smiling and pulling out a chair and sitting down across from him.

"Aoyama."

Sato raised his glass and laughed at himself: "Feng Shui takes turns, the two of us." ”

Today's Sato is wearing his best suit, and it is rare to build a clean stubble, but adding up the price of the whole body clothing, I am afraid it is a matter of a scarf for Mito Aoyama.

"Where, where, it's just fate is impermanent, I believe Sato-san must have had a deep understanding recently, right?"

Midong smiled humbly and beckoned the waiter to bring the menu. Winter has completely arrived, and she wears a snow-white mink vest, a black knitted sweater, thick tights and cotton boots, showing a noble and elegant temperament. With her sitting here, although Sato is still wearing a very good mid-range suit, he has suddenly become a cheap role like a driver.

"Hmph, you're still the same broken mouth as ever."

Sato glanced at Midong's clothes, didn't make a statement, and chuckled: "Let's get down to business, since you want me to help you investigate the kidnapper's backstage, if there are no clues at all, even if it is really wise Kogoro alive, there will be no gain." ”

Meidong nodded, and slowly took out a delicate USB drive from her purse: "The clues are all here, you go back to your residence and visit slowly, I will briefly explain the situation to you here." By the way, the location is well chosen, there is no peeping at all here. ”

", don't look at what I'm doing......"

Sato knew that the content of this meeting was extremely important, so when he entered the café, he chose the last row of the window seat in the southeast corner of the café. From here, you can see the waiters and call them, and even the nearest guests are separated by two meters, with a screen in between, perfect for secret conversations.

"So, let me start with the issue of treatment."

Mei Dong took out a contract from her bag and presented it to the table: "The basic monthly salary is 500,000 yen, and other benefits are based on the routine." You don't need to work 9 to 5, and you don't have to endure the endless harsh and stalking of your boss, as long as you get the job done on time and with quality. Moreover, since you have been hired as our family's private detective, of course you will receive a lot of tasks in the future, and each task you complete will be rewarded according to the difficulty, which is no problem, right? ”

Sato didn't rush to answer, read the contract provided by Mito, nodded and said, "At least twice the monthly salary, this is good." Talking about the pay for this task, I'd love to have it in the eight-figure figure, hehehe......"

"Well, five million yen, with a time limit of six months, otherwise the bonus will be deducted."

Midong stared at Sato with interest, as the so-called feng shui takes turns, it is difficult to get the time when she can be embarrassed for this kid. Although it is impossible to recreate the scene of the original interrogation, what kind of revenge can be more interesting than wantonly summoning those who have offended them? It's not like Midon can't come up with more ideas, but in terms of what's at stake in front of her, she's the one who makes a lot of money.

The suspended police officer became a private investigator, and as soon as he found a new job, he was on his first assignment. It's a pity that the great detective Sato hasn't opened his office yet, and Midong hasn't invited him into his own interest, and the coffee shop is still a little more basic. However, Mei Dong has no plans to go to the restaurant to eat, which is indeed a place where wealthy businessmen and high-ranking government officials frequently come and go, so because of this, she doesn't want to attract attention.

"The clues we have so far are as follows. The first is the financial situation of the travel agency, which has had a huge amount of cash transactions at the beginning of each year for the past 27 years. What I mean by this is that there is no direct bank transfer relationship between cash deposit and cash withdrawal. ”

Midong didn't show the contents of the USB drive, but explained to Sato in a low voice: "Then the clues found from the kidnapper's mobile phone address book." As you know, the Yongsan Group's handling of them is very secretive, so those contacts will not know that this long-established 'travel agency' has suddenly been annihilated, and there will definitely be daily contact. So here, I've done a preliminary classification for you, such as classifying long-term future electrics as highly suspected, and you can just look back and take a closer look. ”

"In the end, the travel agency's corporate account was set up in Sakura Bank, an old acquaintance of mine. If you want to get detailed information from a bank, a simple hack is very ineffective, so I have a network here that I can use, but it's not very mature. Sato, I'll hand over that network to you now, you continue to develop, and then you can dig out the people behind the scenes from the account level, whether it's inside or outside, or any other means...... You should have more ways than we do, right? ”

Therefore, no job in this world is easy to complete, especially the more high-income migrant workers, the greater the pressure on their bodies. On this basis, the profession of a high-income detective undoubtedly involves too many aspects, just like Sato is facing at this time. He stared at the USB flash drive and the employment contract on the desktop, and his mind was loaded with the content that Midong dictated, as if he already had a headache.

"Walking on the edge of the law, it should be okay to describe it like that, right?"

After a long silence, he sneered self-deprecatingly, "I understand your curiosity. Contacts and cash transactions, coupled with the procedures for creating a company account, are the three main clues that lead to the backers behind the kidnappers...... Hmph, it's indeed the idea that the eldest lady who has experienced the kidnapping will have. But Aoyama Midong, you're not the kind of person who spends all day being idle, right, give me a premise first, can you get any benefits from the outcome of this case? ”

He looked at the latter with blazing eyes: "If you don't explain the situation clearly, if there is any omission, it has nothing to do with me!" ”